quatinus wrote:
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Doubt they did- idiot
Tut tut - can't post a rational reply so have to resort to insult eh! Sad
What is insulting about a FACT?
Alf - How can it be a fact – you do not know me?
Your surmise of my mental integrity and prowess is based solely on the FACT that I have a differing viewpoint to you. At no time have you, in this thread, used rational argument to expound the counter view – your view that skirts for men won’t ever catch on. You have merely been derisory.
This is about basic freedoms of choice as mentioned by KiltyCol and me (in other threads). We all, male and female, have the option, to a greater or lesser degree (sometimes dependent where we live globally), to exercise choice in, e.g., what and how much we eat, what and how much we drink, what we do for a living or not as the case may be, what entertainment we watch, where we shop – the list is endless.
However in the context of freedom of choice for men to wear what they like, when they like without ridicule and derision is an anomaly. Women have had that freedom of choice for decades so why should that freedom not be extended to men.
It is the context that counts – no-one is saying that men must wear skirts,
tights/
stockings etc just that should men, for whatever reason, choose to wear that type of clothing then they should be able to do so openly, as I have said, without ridicule or derision.
I respect your right to disagree with concept of men wearing skirts etc and with much of what has been said in this, and other threads on the subject, but I would hope that, if you believe in basic freedoms of choice, you would in turn respect the views of others.
This topic, and others like it, is not about cross-dressing, perversion or transvestism it is about freedom of choice in the clothes we wear. It is about being equal with women.
You might argue that it is not normal for men to wear skirts – even though historically men have worn hosiery and skirt like smocks, togas etc longer than men have been wearing trousers.
However, normality is a concept - a given state at a given time which is susceptible to change thus, with enough influence by fashion designers and the right type of media exposure it could well become normal, contrary to your view, that men will indeed be free to wear skirts etc. if they so choose.
by mr_cheeks on Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:02 am 
