Men's Group

Empowerment, from my perspective at least, begins with the self. One simply has no power if they have no choice or are coerced into a position of making a "right" choice versus a "wrong" choice, the quotidinous right and wrong choices being determined by some external agency from self. To "empower" then, must be defined as to "imbue the self with the ability to make choices free of coercion from external agencies". I see the right to an abortion as empowering. I see the right to speak as one feels as empowering. I see the right to seek employment without consideration of gender or gender role as empowering.

So why would I see the right to dress as one sees fit as any less? Regardless of the intent or goals of an external agency, if it conflicts with self, it is not self, ergo, has little to do with the idea of empowerment.