Skirtlifting

by **Sherwoodlondon** on Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:51 pm

kangaroo2,

It sounds as if you need a bodyguard.

by **kangaroo2** on Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:11 pm

Sherwoodlondon wrote:kangaroo2,

It sounds as if you need a bodyguard.

...and whom might that be :?:

by **Sherwoodlondon** on Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:25 pm

kangaroo2,

If the post is vacant, I will apply.
I can do it for £5 per hour.
Or do you want me to pay you more?

by **kangaroo2** on Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:59 pm

Sheerwoodlondon,

The pay depends upon the services you want/need.

by **Sherwoodlondon** on Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:08 pm

kangaroo2,

I thought I was offering you a service! :wink:

by **BewilderedMan** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:09 am

A guy here. Sandradee's story was educational to me. Somebody asked why anybody would humiliate a woman that way, and concluded that men must be beasts.

Well, maybe some of us are, but most of use aren't. Frankly, most of us don't even realize it would be humiliating; after all, women tennis players expose their knickers all the time, and it's no big deal. So why was Sandradee so embarrassed? I really want to know.

I've never done any skirt lifting (except in private, heh heh). Actually, I've never given a thought to this issue until the discussion came up here. Can some woman enlighten me?

by **janetan** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:46 am

Good question BewilderedMan!!!

I don't know if I can answer that, but I'll try.

I think most women believe that what is under their skirt is their own private and personal space, which is never intended to be seen in public. When someone lifts a woman's skirt, it is a direct assault on her dignity and her femininity.

I described in a previous post that someone pulled my skirt up to my waist at a wedding. Before that happened I didn't know how humiliating that could be. Sure, I knew it would be bad, but I never imagined just how really bad it is to have one's skirt lifted. When it happened, it was as if my heart stopped and I could feel all their eyes on me. I'm at a loss to effectively communicate the emotions of that moment. Sometimes I still feel vulnerable and uneasy when wearing a skirt.

Did I answer your question????

by **delaney** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:55 am

I think it depends on the individual. I know a woman who had this happen and she laughed it off and it was no big deal. To her it was a joke. I also know women who are embarrassed if the wind even slightly lifts her skirt. It is obvious that sandradee was very embarrassed when her skirt was lifted. I think this just shows the differences in women's perceptions. The one thing I see in sandradee's case is that this was totally unexpected and that it was in a very public place. Perhaps in a more private setting, she may not have been so severely embarrassed. I don't know. I can't speak for sandradee.
I can tell you that, if it happened to me, I would be very, very embarrassed. If someone exposed me like that, I would be angry too.

by **Starshine** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:01 am

I agree. There is a huge difference between having a skirt caught by a gust of wind (these things can happen and to be honest, I'm not particulalrly bothered on that one) and someone lifting your skirt up. The latter is akin to someone undressing you uninvited.

Any unwanted and deliberate touch of a woman or her clothing is wrong!

by **jarkata** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:32 am

I agree with Starshine and delaney. I would also like to point out that sandradee was most likely a victim of assault. I'm not a lawyer, but lifting her skirt like that was a hostile act. I know that it was her BF's cousin, but it is still assault.

by **BewilderedMan** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:50 am

Thanks everybody, I'm beginning to understand. So the sudden skirt lift was essentially an assault on Sandra? That makes sense. Her loutish cousin deserves to have his teeth knocked off.

by **annedan** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:00 pm

kangaroo2,

I have had my skirt lifted, too. An angry woman pulled my skirt up in a bar I used to go to when I was younger. She thought I was trying to steal her boyfriend. (I kinda was). She lifted my skirt up while I was talking to him.
And, yes, it was by far the most embarrassing moment of my life.

by **candicejam** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:02 pm

Hi Kangaroo2. Tell us some of your skirt lifting experiences.

by **kangaroo2** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:01 pm

WOW, I didn't think that there would be so many heart felt responses nor how prevelant skirtlifting is/was/has become!
I don't want to paint a pic that it is an everyday occurance but it seems as if it is one of those things that happens that isn't talked about.

My expereinces like a lot of other gilrs happened in high school. I guess guys are overly curious and not very versed in manners. I guess for some guys seeing us in minis or micro-minis is too much to handle. In between classes seemed the best time as a crowded hall and a passing hand at times were too much. By the time you realise your skirt has been lifted, the person who did it pretty much disappeared into the crowd. It was most embarrassing with sheer panties one, or a tiny Thong.
In the caf was the worst. There with the open spaces it was for all to see.
It happened a few times. Thank goodness I wasn't commando!

Lots of good discussions here: the wind, guys with calloused feelings, guys with sympathetic feelings, assult and some girls who are mortified and others shrug it off.

Amy

by **bailey1979** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:21 pm

I have had my skirt accidentally lifted. I know that is slightly off-topic, but I think it is still relevant to this discussion. I was at work standing on a stool and I was trying to place computer stuff in the upper storage areas. I lost my balance and started to fall. The gentleman standing there reached out to grab me and I fell right through his arms. I landed on my feet, but the hem of my skirt was up to my armpits. My co-workers were quite surprised and amused! The man must have apologized ten times. It took me a few minutes, but I was able to regain my composure. Although my skirt was not lifted on purpose, I was still quite embarrassed.

I read the other skirt lifting tales and I am surprised that so many women have had this happen and were willing to talk about it. What happened to me was minor compared to someone deliberately pulling up my skirt. I don't think I could "shrug that off" so easily.

It seems that wearing a skirt where alcohol is consumed increases your chances of having your skirt pulled up. (That sounds like the title of a research paper, doesn't it?) According to the other posts, quite a few of the skirt lifters were drunk. That doesn't surprise me at all.