A bit of an old post I know, but worth commenting on.
I'm male staying male and so just feminising my body, so after 3-years on PM / HRT I've surprised myself in managed to get myself a pair of fantastic B-cups.
Which over the last year so I thought would be become more noticeable especially as my daily wardrobe is a mix of men's and so called women's wear. Typically, semi-fitted tops, jumpers, polo shirts, skinny jeans, leggings, tights, shorts and the odd skirt, the only fitted stuff I wear is for cycling, fitness classes and swimming when I wear a lycra top, unitard, or one-piece swimsuit, but whatever I wear it is always worn in 'boy mode'.
To me my boobs are VERY noticeable even though I dont flaunt them, yet amazingly no one has said anything, so I keep coming back to these same conclusions.
- No-one bothers, or sees a male who has boobs who presents as a male, society is programmed to see/think man boobs.
- Mannerisms, how you present and what you wear plays a big part, if you present fem, act fem, wear more fem clothes like low top blouses, jewellery and more obvious make-up etc then they are more likely to see you as not fitting into societies perceived 'safe norm', so then more likely to think boobs along with 'odd' etc.
- Then there is confidence, it's well known and research that people pick up on your confidence or lack of.
Seeing it from the other side, when I look around I see lots of man boobs, some even bigger than my breasts and the only discernible difference is shape.
I wear daily soft crop bralettes that holds them up and gives a rounder look to them, which to me seem to make them even more noticeable!
I dont bother with the bralette for obvious reasons when wearing a lycra top / unitard / one piece swim suit and you can clearly see that they take a nice rounded boob look.
However, it still amazes me that still to date no one has said anything, which just re-affirms my conclusions.