Trend Alert: Men's Skirts

[KiltyCol]

This thread gets worse

They say "it has to get worse before it gets better", Alf.

I'm swealtering today. I've fed (Miracle Grow) and watered both gardens (front and back), since work and teatime. I've got a couple of chilled beers from Spar - a bit nearer than Sainsburys.

[KiltyCol]

but MEN DO NOT WEAR SKIRTS

---but don't tell everyone, Alf, or they'll all want to try.

[Mara]

I don't think that you can answer a question. You said "men don't wear skirts" but you forgot that round about 60% of all men right now living on earth wearing skirts. So what?

The pants-minority will learn that a skirt is a male garment, and became mid 19th century a garment for women because women want to be dressed like men. It isn't a question about a narrow mind, it is a question about one thing you have try to answer: Men have to battle with some illness like testicular- and prostate cancer..... but only men in western hemisphere were men wearing pants.

[davidhawkes]

I agree with Mara.

Millions of men around the world wear skirts, so for anyone to say that they don't is not a fact.

[Usquanigo]

I agree with Mara.

Millions of men around the world wear skirts, so for anyone to say that they don't is not a fact.

Now that's a surprise innit?

Gee, guess they all showed us, didn't they Alf?

Since Mara, Carin, and flirtyskirt (among others) missed it -

I still don't agree that skirts have to be exclusive to women, when women can freely choose to wear anything that is made for men. There is a discriminatory attitude there. Anything that ends any type of discrimination is likely to be a way forward.

If kilt manufacturer's could produce a more practical and budget price product, I think that it would sell better.
I have never wanted to look effeminate, but just enjoy a comfortable and practical garment without a crotch. My wife chose to buy me my two Scottish kilts and I chose the denim casual kilt. My wife certainly wouldn't want an effeminate looking husband, but does care that I can enjoy life and be comfortable. She does like to see men in kilts.

First point, discrimination is a fact of nature. Period. End of Statement. Fini! There is no getting around it. Every life form discriminates in some way or another, and the more intelligence that life form posesses, the more it discriminates. If you believe that some things are good and others are bad, then YOU discriminate.

This notion of ending any and all forms of discrimination is what the left wing is all about, this is why they are mentally stunted, they can't accept right or wrong, good or bad. So they strive to bring everything to an even plane, and attack that which is good, and elevate that which is evil.

So on that very basis, your comment is invalid.

People are people, and genders have certain things they are attracted to. This is partly from society, but largely from biology. This is not going to change. Ever. Because it comes from within our DNA. It's what we are.

Also, your comment that women can wear men's clothing without re-proach is incorrect as well. A woman shopping in the men's dept. will likely be assumed to be shopping for her boyfriend, but if she's trying it on and buying and wearing it, she'll be viewed at BEST as a "tomboy", but in all liklihood, more as a bull dyke. Yes, guys love lesbians, as long as they are hot lesbians, not manly lumberjacks. lol Tomboys are also on the fringes of appeal, some go for it, but most want a girl who is a bit more feminine - even if she can build and drive extreme rock crawlers. (ie, a "tomboy" might be hot for her interests and abilities, but only if she "cleans up nice")

Let's face the facts - when you talk about skirts in this context, meaning, as opposed to the kilts which you cite as being over priced and impractical, you ARE referring to items residing exclusively in the women's clothing departments, and you are fully aware of this. This demonstrates precisely what I am talking about - there is a difference, and skirts are made for a woman (their hips, their legs, their overall body shape which differs greatly from ours [damn those designers, discriminatin' again.... ] ). For a man, to voluntarily go into the women's dept. and shop for, try on, like, and buy (for himself) an article of women's clothing, it does not matter if it's a skirt, a pair of th0ng pantie$, strappy high heels, a bustier, garter belt and stockings, blouse, pearl necklace, or some bangles - it's all the same thing, a man feeling exceedingly effeminate and wishing to dress like (and particularly in) women's clothing. Chances are he even gets a charge out of it (specifically because they are women's clothes).

This is not normal, and it's not something straight masculine men do, and it's not something straight (or even bi, really) women are interested in or attracted to.

And before anyone says it, YES, there ARE exceptions - people win the lottery and get struck by lightning too, doesn't mean it's likely to happen though.

A real man would pony up the cash and get something made for him. Either from a traditional store, or from Utilikilts - if that's REALLY what he (or his girl) wanted. If he could not afford it, he would not buy it until he could. Period.

This is why Alf says that men don't wear skirts. And why I back him up on that. It IS a fact. Yes, people like davidhawkes who likes to tuck his little parts between his small thighs may like to prance around in a skirt, ashamed of his own masculinity, but that's not a man.

I fully beleive we should have more lattitude to maneuver when it comes to "fashion" - the same old suit and tie is boring as hell. But we are getting there - Europe has re-embraced the Thong for men, and the Japanese have been wearing them as underwear for the last 2000 years (and while it waned post WWII in the wave of American fever, it's seeing resurgeance as swimwear), even here in the States it's starting to pick up momentum as women are finally realizing that men with the right assets actually do look good in them (so long as they are MADE for them). Sandals are finally taking off again (traditional footwear of men throughout most of recorded history, warriors especially, and many gods and angles as well). Even more unusual jewelry like ankle bracelets and toe rings are making the scene now.

The rules are STILL different, and they will remain so. But the point I'm trying to make is, we can match them, or gain the flexibility we want through items MADE FOR US, not made for them. Doing so only hurts the idea.

Furthermore, it's also a matter of economics. Keep buying the skirts and you will ensure that kilts never come down in price. Which further ensures that it won't be "the way forward" for men at all.

[SkirtedMan]

"Those Who Cast the Votes Decide Nothing.
Those who Count the Votes decide everything"
--Joseph Stalin

Umm, that was said by Boss Tweed in 1863 New York while Josef Stalin was still not thought of by his great,great,great,great grandather.

[SkirtedMan]

Hmmmm. Using that same argument, then, since women are free to wear "little black dresses", say with spaghetti shoulder straps, or even a halter tie, then the same option should be available to men as well. I wonder what Matthew McConaughey or George Clooney would look like in one

Doesn't matter what they'd look like, as long as they had the same freedom of choice that women have.

[SkirtedMan]

I think I remember stuff about the 50's, the Korean war was on, we used F-14's they used Mig 19's... A woman in "pedal-pushers" could be arrested and forced back into a skirt or dress. Women who chose to wear a pair of men's trousers were all known as Dykes..The women were fighting for fashion freedom then, we men are now. No difference. Just humans (Alf and his ilk) telling other humans(us) what to do. Whether we bend over for our beating or turn it on him is up to us. I say, if the Wooly Mammoths won't let us be ourselves, maybe we can send their spirits back to the Ice Age. And Alf...if that sounds like a (thr)etc etc............ it is.

[KiltyCol]

Hi, Skirted Man, I hope you are well. Thanks for your posts.

[KiltyCol]

MEN DO NOT WEAR SKIRTS

Hi Col, still not had any calls in south Birmingham for a while- so not managed to get to call in and meet u all.

I'm not likely to move house in the next few years, Alf, so just let me know, when the time comes.

[KiltyCol]

Noted, Alf.

Men can wear what they choose.

[KiltyCol]

Hi, to everyone.

[Mara]

Hey Alf;
It seems you're back. Congratulations, but I'm missing any progress in your comments. It looks like you are acting like a man in pants....every time the same. Try to find constructive comments.......but I can tell that you'll never find one because there is no which applauds.

[KiltyCol]

WOMEN DO NOT WEAR TROUSERS

I wonder if we will see people standing in busy shopping centres carrying banners with
"MEN DO NOT WEAR SKIRTS - FACT" printed on them. If one is serious about a cause it is worth making the commitment.
I remember an old man (when I was a boy), who spent all day, every day, carrying an "ATHEISM IS THE TRUTH" banner in Oldham and Manchester shopping centres (can't have had divine prompting!). He was committed to his No.1 Concern.

Hi, Alf. Hi to all.

[KiltyCol]

Don't worry, if I am "losing it", Alf.
I'll get it back with added interest.