Though I can't say I have the same problem I understand where you're coming from. If you don't want to carry a purse you don't have to. It's a shame they don't make women's clothing with more pockets. I know (posted to The albatross known as the Purse)
I remember two years ago I wanted to go as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. They were all out of regular Dorothy and only had sexy Dorothy. I tried it on and the skirt was really short (which is (posted to Halloween Costume Nightmare)
Okay I'm going to be controversial for a moment... I love fashion and Vogue magazine. There are problems, sure, but for me the only things that make this an even somewhat guilty pleasure is the way the magazine portrays women (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
I'm also in Virginia Beach. Bob McDonnell is one of the most anti-women politicians Virginia has had in decades. The idea of this man becoming governor scares me. He might try to ban abortion like the anti-choice governor of South (posted to Virginia pro-choicers call out McDonnell)
Our society likes to put people in convenient little categories that many (or probably most, even though they wouldn't admit it) people don't fit into. You aren't a lesbian because you are attracted to men and in some ways (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
For what it's worth, I'd say focus on individual people and who you are and are not attracted to sexually, rather than attempting to make broad generalizations about what your sexual orientation is. I realize in our culture this isn't (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
I think maybe you might want to try this from a different approach, since the one you're at is leading you to confusion and not clarity. That is, what do you think is keeping you from being with women? Is (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
I think the question is more, do you want to have/ like having sex with women? Or is it only men? Or both? I think attraction is one thing, but when the rubber meets the road, what is it you (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
I would echo this. Most people are probably attracted at least somewhat to both sexes, even those are purely heterosexual, yet they still only actually want to have sex and/or a relationship with one or the other. So instead of (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)
I know how you feel! I find it confusing because I think that my attraction to women might stem partly from the fact that most women are socialised to compare their own attractiveness to other women, which means that women (posted to Am I *really* a lesbian?)