Any cis males here ever had the random desire to cosplay a female character

[George White]

Just because the outfit/character looked awesome?

[bgmnts]

Most likely yeah.

[retsuza]

No but when I was younger I wanted to go as a character who is lean and has abs and such and I was not and do not have and there was a small amount of body dysmorphia that happened there.

[imitationleather]

No but my mates found a picture of a female cosplayer is an absolute total doppelgänger of me, to the point I had to rewind my memory and check I'd never been in a photoshoot dressed up as a lass.

[touchingcloth]

Here, when did the "here" get added?

[Mr Vegetables]

Well, I cosplayed my flatmate once, if she counts as a female character

[jamiefairlie]

Well, I cosplayed my flatmate once, if she counts as a female character

I bet that didn't scare her at all.

[bgmnts]

Well, I cosplayed my flatmate once, if she counts as a female character

Sounds a bit like Single White Female.

[Mr Vegetables]

I bet that didn't scare her at all.

It was fine; it was at a party where everyone was dressed as her. Perhaps I embraced it too much, though; I felt a strange power over people while performing womanhood in that way, and felt I could understand how you could get drunk on it. Of course I also actually was drunk, on alcohol. So maybe it was that.

[Alberon]

BEARD!!

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

fucking go for it George

[Zero Gravitas]

Buy the latex catsuit and enjoy it, don't couch it in 'cosplay' or 'more convenient than carrying an umbrella around'.

[bgmnts]

I don't think any cis man here who would be against wearing a comfortable flowing dress rather than trousers and shirt if it were socially acceptable/destigmatised. 

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

or, if you feel conflicted about it, just cosplay as Rule 63 (female character)

[bgmnts]

Oh, I'm not personally conflicted, I just don't want people looking at me when I'm outside, I have no desire to dressup as a fictional character. I'm just going to wait until clothes are all ungendered.

[Goldentony]

always wanted to dress up as Arcee from Transformers

[Video Game Fan 2000]

always wanted to dress up as Arcee from Transformers

have you tried wanking in a car

[Alberon]

I don't think any cis man here who would be against wearing a comfortable flowing dress rather than trousers and shirt if it were socially acceptable/destigmatised. 

Certainly this summer.

If I didn't look like a sasquatch that had let himself go then maybe. I've always been a bit fluid. When it comes to computer games and the option to choose the gender, I always go for a female. I say it's because if I'm going to looking at a computer generated arse for 50+ hours then it might as well be a woman's. But that isn't the whole story.

[bgmnts]

Certainly this summer.

If I didn't look like a sasquatch that had let himself go then maybe. I've always been a bit fluid. When it comes to computer games and the option to choose the gender, I always go for a female. I say it's because if I'm going to looking at a computer generated arse for 50+ hours then it might as well be a woman's. But that isn't the whole story.

For me it isn't about even how i look, I look like sweaty anus in everything, it has nothing to do with identity or self-fashioning I just want to be comfortable, and dresses and those kinds of things look much comfier than what I have to wear. If they turn out not to be then fuck it. Maybe we should bring back tunics or togas.

[Zero Gravitas]

Maybe we should bring back tunics or togas.

Kilts are great apart from the inevitable sexual abuse.

Once we can teach women to behave when they have drink in them we'll all be free to dress how we like.

[Mr Vegetables]

I'm not sure I've ever really seen my gender identity as being related to what I'm wearing or what my body is or anything like that— I've just felt very strongly that I was a man, so it hasn't really bothered me doing feminine things. It definitely would bother me if I somehow took on a female form, though; I get antsy and dysphoric just thinking about it. I just thought that every cis person felt this way, but from the horrible discourse that doesn't really seem to be the case.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

does i have to be cosplay if i never want to wear fucking jeans again, feels like a clowns wig

[Cuellar]

If by 'cosplay a female character' you mean 'wear womens clothes' then yes obviously.

[Mobius]

if you mean have a wank whilst wearing knickers then no absolutely not

[Video Game Fan 2000]

cant i just be a woman without character

[Mr Vegetables]

If I rent a hat and pretend I'm a version of myself that bought the hat, is that a cosplay

[Alberon]

If it's Darth Vader's hat then yes.

[shoulders]

Yes but I think at the time it was drenched in a sexist uninformed idea that sensuality was inherently more feminine, a desire for more sensuality was behind it.

These days I'd like to but it'd be silly and I can't be arsed.

[madhair60]

yes but mostly because of body shame I suppose

[Kankurette]

I'm a cis woman who's cosplayed a male character. Chouji from Naruto, if anyone's wondering.