Men in Dresses

[Xandim]

Just let us wear whatever we want... I sure would love to make my Manly looking Hyur a little princess and have a nice tea party with my friends

I find it kinda funny when ppl say that this isnt 'normal' (for a lack of a proper word) irl so it shouldnt be in game..... Because its soooooo normal to see cat people running around, using magic and fightning HUGE beasts saving the world... oh wait xD

Lets all be pretty little princes and princesses together, \o/

If you are a cross dresser in real life, why not just play a girl in game? Isn't that the whole point of you cross dressing in the first place? Because you see yourself as female? Well, this game will do you one better than being a guy that dresses like a girl. You can actually BE a girl too! No expensive procedures required!

Life isn't so black and white, not just because a man likes to wear woman's clothes makes him identify as a woman. Just like if a woman wearing "man's clothes" doesnt make them identify themselves as a man. Besides, woman get all the good stuff... different dresses, hairdos.... All man get is black/dark blue tuxedos... We want color too man :'( =P

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As a Vegetarian playing this game, im forced to eat meat products to increase my offensive attributes(ex Charbroiled Steak), i think there some inequality here, why are they forcing such things. I would like to eat vegetable dishes that give the same stats.

Why is it the norm that meat is always used for "offensive Properties", why cant vegetables give you offensive stats? i don't like this "norm".

Everyday im forced by the community around me to eat meat or get kick from party.

[Gramul]

There are 2 reasons for why I believe they wouldn't do this:
1. Japan is still really awkward about nontraditional gender representation. As are a lot of people.
2. They would have to reshape all the gender restricted gear to fit the counterparts and make various event gear tradable/choosable. They may believe that wouldn't be worth the effort.

And then there's my personal opinion that most dresses do not flatter a generic masculine form. But that's really up to the wearer.

[mbncd]

Personally, I'm all for dressing my male miqo'te in a frilly dress (it would suit him, honestly, and he's not a transwoman), but I do doubt it will happen.

In 1.0 there were a couple of early weaver recipes, one involving straw to make a straw hat that everyone could wear, and one involving a flower to be added to the hat (there was also a later one involving a dark ribbon but I don't remember if that was ever locked). The moment you added that flower, the hat previously worn by males and females equally was instantly locked to females only.

I have vague memories of seeing male roes wearing the flower hats since 2.0 release but I'm not sure if that was altered screen shots or if they actually loosened up that restriction, however the fact that that restriction was ever in place really speaks volumes about the likelihood of males wearing traditional dresses.

For now, my boy cat will have to be satisfied with vanya robes and other non-dress dresses.

[Erendis]

I have vague memories of seeing male roes wearing the flower hats since 2.0 release but I'm not sure if that was altered screen shots or if they actually loosened up that restriction, however the fact that that restriction was ever in place really speaks volumes about the likelihood of males wearing traditional dresses.

Everyone can wear stablemaid's hat at lvl 12+.

I'll just leave this here (I'm a big fan of Nique's art, if you can't tell):

[Versiroth]

Honestly, I know I'll be flamed for this, but the LGBT community is way too sensitive nowadays. I mean, you're a man wearing a dress, and yet people are homophobic if they say that you're a "man in a dress"? Not everything is said with ill intent, you know? I have zero issues with equality, homosexuality, transgender, etc, but I do believe that the LGBT community have kind of gone off the deep end wanting to insert as much LGBT beliefs into everything. And worse yet, they throw around hurtful names and accusations at anyone who disagrees with their views. Does a very religious person not have the right to say they disagree with your beliefs, the same as you have the right to disagree with theirs? Personally, I'm an atheist, which like homosexuality, isn't a popular view point, but I don't feel the need to bash every person that insists that there's a god and that people like me are going to hell. Nor do I soap box on message boards trying to force the developers of games to include an option to be atheist in their games. I believe what I believe and that's good enough for me.

[Xandim]

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Idk if im an atheist, but I dont believe in God but some other stuff I could believe someday... So im a pseudo atheist? =P But imo, its not that the LGBT community is too sensitive about something, and its not a 'gay agenda' (even tho some ppl DO believe that we have one '-') but seeing as that homossexuality is still something most people dont 'talk about' or even aknowledge it exists (most ppl still think you 'chose' to be gay), it would be nice for us to see us represented in what we like to do (in this case games). Way back, it was rare to see black people or even woman leading roles in games. Hell, woman still are seen as 'support' type (WHM was always a female in past FF) and even the person who rebooted Tomb Raider said that its still hard to make a female leading role popular. But today we have more females leaders (Lightning and Serah, albeit FF13 seems like a taboo =P), Tomb Raider, etc so it CAN change. I think I kinda missed my point by now, =P

But what I wanna say is it's cool to see us represented (whether you are gay, bi, tri, genderless, or any other alfabet letter =P) in what we like to do. Besides, how more manly can a man be by wearing a dress and still rocking on it w/o affecting his 'sexual security'? =P

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Hell, woman still are seen as 'support' type (WHM was always a female in past FF) and even the person who rebooted Tomb Raider said that its still hard to make a female leading role popular. But today we have more females leaders (Lightning and Serah, albeit FF13 seems like a taboo =P), Tomb Raider, etc so it CAN change.

I think the main reason players(both male and female) prefer a male role model is because males are better at physical roles(its in men's genetic). I dont even know many female gamers that prefer female main characters.

I only liked metroid because i thought Samus was a man!

FFXIII imo sucked, not sure if it was the female lead(i used fang as my main character), or the linearity of the game or lack of things to do... tho i loved the combat system.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I think the main reason players(both male and female) prefer a male role model is because males are better at physical roles(its in men's genetic). I dont even know many female gamers that prefer female main characters.

I only liked metroid because i thought Samus was a man!

FFXIII imo sucked, not sure if it was the female lead(i used fang as my main character), or the linearity of the game or lack of things to do... tho i loved the combat system.

Commander FemShep in Mass Effect would like to have a word with you and your misogynistic statements.

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Commander FemShep in Mass Effect would like to have a word with you and your misogynistic statements.

Stating a fact about men having better physical strength is not misogynistic, its ignorant to state otherwise. Tho i hope people do abuse this word more, so it can lose its meaning and people don't even bat an eye about it when it actually happens.

What are the ratio of female lead roles to male in game?