Clothes Defining Gender

During class the other day, we had a discussion about a book that we are currently reading, Dude You’re A Fag. We mostly talked about masculinity and femininity in high schools, but I want to discuss one of the questions from our discussion that we did not cover in class which was can we envision a future in which men are “allowed” to be feminine in ways women are allowed to be masculine today?  
Personally I feel that it would be great if guys were more accepted by society if they decided that they wanted to dress more feminine. Today, women who dress masculine by wearing baggy clothes or clothes that are made for men are acceptable in society. However, for men today to who dress feminine by wearing clinging clothes with colors such as pink or purple is not as readily accepted in society.
I think that people feel that if girls wear the baggy clothes then they assume that girls wear it just because it is comfortable. Also, I think that people feel that if guys wear clothes that make them look feminine then that must mean that they are gay. I’m sure that most people associate men who are gay to wear those types of clothes.
I once knew a guy in high school and he wore a purple shirt in school one day. Many of the other guys were teasing him because he was wearing “a girly colored shirt.” After that I never saw him wear that shirt to school ever again.
It would be great if we lived in a world where people are not judged by the clothes that they wear. I just can’t see it happening any time soon though. With the way society defines everything, it’s just hard to even think that we will get past even something as simple as what people should or should not wear.