The Psychology Behind Why Some Women Love Men’s Clothing

There is a certain softness in the way a woman reaches for a man’s shirt, not the softness of fabric, but the softness of intention, as though she is reaching for something deeper than cotton or linen, something that speaks to comfort, protection, memory, and a quiet kind of belonging that is difficult to articulate yet instantly felt. It begins innocently enough: the way she slips into an oversized white shirt after a long day; the way she finds herself lingering a little too long over the weightier structure of a men’s blazer; the way a thick, warm jumper worn by someone she loves feels like refuge rather than clothing. To an outsider, it looks like aesthetic preference. But to psychology, it is a tapestry of identity, emotion, history, and desire. When a woman gravitates toward men’s clothing, she is rarely choosing fabric, she is choosing feeling.

 This is where it becomes interesting.