I hate this too, and I think it's sexist-- it implies that it's not "manly" to be seen wearing these things, so therefore a special term has to be invented to make it okay for a man to cross into the forbidden realm of the "relegated to women". See also: Bronies, another term I fucking detest for the same damn reason. (Can't call themselves "MLP:FiM fans" and thereby join a fandom that's been around since the '80s, because that fandom is mostly female and the show is about female characters, so it needs a special term to reclaim it for men to feel safe doing it!)
BTW, the people using these terms ought to realize that most if not all of these items were worn (and very fashionably) by men before they were considered women's wear. Including sandals, hose, and heels. And pink, for that matter, once considered a very manly color (during Victorian times) because it was near in hue to blood-- the "womanly" color then was, ironically enough, blue, because it was considered passive and evocative of the Virgin Mary. Even "metrosexuals" are doing nothing more than following in the footsteps of
Beau Brummell.
