I'm sulking my way through a cold on my day off and watching an old rerun of the Golden Girls. Enter a rather handsome, masculine baseball player Blanche is "coaching". As he's leaving Blanche pulls a black lace bra and garter belt out of her purse and tells him to wear them to batting practice. She explains that she wants him to get in touch with his sensuality.
I found the scene very interesting and particularly relevant as recently I've been helping a friend explore cross dressing. I had a lot of fun with it. I'm not big on jewelry or make up, but I love lingerie and I found shopping for it for someone else just as exciting as picking out my own. The play session was wonderfully sensual and playful. I even took him out "dressed" to a local bar.
It's all very new, and delightful so I'm not sure I'm ready to share many in depth insights yet, but it is definitely something I want to explore further.
And it was very nice to see such a thing handled in a calm and matter of fact matter, especially on a sit com from the 80s, well before mainstream US culture opened up to kink.
Unfortunately the episode ends predictably for a sitcom, but even with the laugh track I think the show and the actor deserve some kudos for writing, performing and airing the speech where the baseball player, in full dress and heels, declares Blanche has changed his life because since he discovered himself his batting average is through the roof and the truly likes himself.
Ms. Betty
