“Today’s feminists would not begrudge the expression of sexual orientation and desire through dress within the lesbian community, but the attitudes that pathologize the same behavior from a heterosexual female are still powerful. In the spirit of Simone de Beauvoir, they consider the effort to ‘dress for sex’ with a man a pathetic, self-demeaning behavior–as if the human need for affection and erotic experience were less legitimate in a heterosexual situation. Presenting oneself in a way that expresses availability and desire is the way humans, male or female, gay or straight, get the love that they need. Nevertheless, one segment of the sexual spectrum is still precluded from expressing itself without condemnation from feminists: The feminine, heterosexual woman is still presumed to have no agency in the performance of gender, regardless of her transgressions in work, sexuality, or politics.”
Fresh Lipstick, Linda M. Scott. Page 234.