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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it socially unacceptable for men to wear dresses?
gpt
It is; In the Middle-East.

In Europe, and America which descended from Europe, dresses were reserved for women for the most part of relatable history.

A whole essay could be written on how the depiction of women changed through the years. But here's a grossly oversimplified timeline:

- "From Ancient Greece to the Middle-Ages": Women are beautiful. We need to enhance them with various trinkets according with their wealth and place in the hierarchy. Satin & Velvet, being really fucking expensive at the time, donned vigorously onto someone's body was sure to make some heads turn.

- "Middle Ages": CATHOLICISM, BOOBS ARE BAD AND TEMPTRESSES GO TO HELL, AND BRING MEN WITH THEM. HIDE ALL OF YOUR WOMANHOOD AND MAKE BABIES. (Personally? Not religion's finest moment) And what better garment to use that a loose, straight dress that could be at will doubled or tripled?

- "Ever After": Corsets and hip-baskets through the dress to make them look voluptuous and motherly.

So, really, our society had dresses serve women and only women for as long as we've kept registries. Men never saw any benefit in them, We had toges, but those were for political men only. Then they were also unpractical for manual labour, combat and everyday movement in general; things that women never had to care for until they started wearing pants like men.