it is the year
1800
a little girl sees her brothers wearing trousers
she thinks trousers are really cool
she asks her mum if she can have trousers just like them
the mum thinks her daughter should be allowed to.
the mum makes the girl a pair of trousers.
"oh god what are you doing" everyone says
"trousers are only meant for boys" everyone
says
"it will make her a lesbian" everyone says
"she needs to dress like a girl" everyone says
"she will get bullied by the other kids" everyone
says
it is the year 2000
"i can't believe that there was a time when
they didn't think it was ok for woman to
wear pants!" everyone says
it is the year 2020
a little boy sees his sisters wearing skirts
he thinks skirts are really cool
he asks his mum if he can have a skirt just like them
the mum thinks her son should be allowed to
the mum makes the boy a skirt
"oh god what are you doing" everyone says
"skirts are only meant for girls" everyone says
"it will make him gay" everyone says
"he needs to dress like a boy" everyone says
"he will get bullied by the other kids" everyone
says
it is the year 2300
"i can't believe there was a time when
people didn't think it was ok for a boy
to wear skirts and dresses!" everyone says
it is the year 2500
"i can't believe that people used to be
judged and restricted by the clothes
they wore and the gender society told
them they were," everyone says, "we
have much bigger issues to worry
about and what clothes someone
chooses to wear is really the least
of our problems."