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Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts?

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ciarafoley97 · 14/11/2020 19:46

This was brought up by an article I read in the DailyMail (www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8847579/Straight-married-father-three-reveals-hes-worn-skirts-high-heels-day-four-years.html)

Some would say the fact that people think it's ridiculous for men to wear feminine clothing but the reverse isn't true is because the patriarchy sees women as being inferior to men. Therefore in a true gender egalitarian society, clothes would have no gender.

What about dating prospects? Would you date a man who wore skirts/high heels?

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HotPenguin · 14/11/2020 20:56

In other cultures men do wear things similar to tunics/dresses/skirts, you can see many of these in multicultural cities I don't think it's illegal.

TheChampagneGalop · 14/11/2020 20:55

I think it's the pleats and the way they make the kilt swing when he walks.
Oh yesss, I love to see a handsome man in a kilt.
Not a feminist issue though. It's up to men to wear what they want.

Mylittlepony374 · 14/11/2020 20:51

They can wear whatever they want. Quite partial to a man in a lavalava.

laudemio · 14/11/2020 20:48

Men are allowed to wear whatever they want. So long as they are not exposing themselves who cares.
Why is this a feminist issue?

MrsPear · 14/11/2020 20:44

Oh and if it was the 1920s you would be asking can women wear trousers if you were in the UK!

MrsPear · 14/11/2020 20:42

Quite frankly wear what you like. Every culture from the beginning of time has had different ideas of what the different sexes should wear but I don’t see why. The average joe is obvious from the average jo in a sack cloth. Oh and wearing the clothes that your culture subscribes to belonging to your opposite sex does not make you that sex. It is not medically possible to change from xx to xy or vis versa.

Tartyflette · 14/11/2020 20:42

I do have a soft spot for a man in a kilt. I think it's the pleats and the way they make the kilt swing when he walks.
I remember seeing a very striking chap in a kilt ski-ing on New year's day in Switzerland. I watched him for quite a while but he didn't fall over once. ☺️☺️

MaudTheInvincible · 14/11/2020 20:41

@NeedToKnow101

That article is in Femail. It should be in the 'men's' section.
Yes
EyesOpening · 14/11/2020 20:39

Women, on the other hand weren't legally allowed to wear trousers in France till 2013.

Wow, so recently, that’s shocking! I guess someone spotted that there was a law against from way back when, that no-one has remembered. We might find there’s one of those weird by-laws in UK still where women can’t where trousers on a Sunday if she’s holding a chicken or something

feelingverylazytoday · 14/11/2020 20:38

Of course men can wear skirts. Can't really imagine why they'd want to though.

NeedToKnow101 · 14/11/2020 20:34

That article is in Femail. It should be in the 'men's' section.

iwantmyownicecreamvan · 14/11/2020 20:33

@endofthelinefinally

Anyone can wear whatever they like as far as I am concerned. As long as they don't think clothes can magically change a person's sex, that's fine.
THIS

Especially if it gets the message across that just because you like wearing dresses/makeup/heels whatever it doesn't mean you are a woman - and vice versa.

NeedToKnow101 · 14/11/2020 20:33

Men can wear skirts of course, and essentially do in many countries. Who gives a shit. But it doesn't make them a woman.

picklemewalnuts · 14/11/2020 20:32

Oh it's him again. Thought there was a second one for a moment. Interesting that he's american. I thought his references to ungendered clothing below the waist and masculine clothing above the waist may have been a language/translation issue but clearly not.

BoobsOnTheMoon · 14/11/2020 20:32

Well there's no skirt police Hmm

And I don't mind at all if men want to wear skirts. In fact I rather like a man in a skirt and a bit of eyeliner, so long as he remains grounded in reality and doesn't try saying he is a laydee.

3JsMa · 14/11/2020 20:30

If I would see man in kilt and Dr Marten's I would probabaly marry him on the spot.Grin

Kettlingur · 14/11/2020 20:29

"Allowed?" Who is doing the allowing? I don't understand this thread.

Canwecancel2020 · 14/11/2020 20:28

Although why anyone would opt to go from comfortable, practical shoes to high heels is beyond me.

LizzieSiddal · 14/11/2020 20:28

In many countries men do wear something similar to what we call a shirt. Of course men should wear whatever they like.

Canwecancel2020 · 14/11/2020 20:26

David Beckham?

MaudTheInvincible · 14/11/2020 20:26

@Kit19

Men can wear whatever they want
Agreed. They can wear whatever they want.

Women, on the other hand weren't legally allowed to wear trousers in France till 2013.

Kit19 · 14/11/2020 20:25

I wouldn’t date a man in skirt & heels but then I wouldn’t date a blond man either because that’s my personal preference

Canwecancel2020 · 14/11/2020 20:25

Harry Styles?

Kit19 · 14/11/2020 20:24

Men can wear whatever they want

Herja · 14/11/2020 20:24

My dad used to wear skirts quite often in summer. Cotton wrap ones, like you buy near the seaside. No one ever batted an eye, though this was possibly because he was very, very masculine seeming and an agressive alcoholic. People who had batted an eye would have had a newly broken eye socket around the eye... It genuinely didn't look wierd though, it fitted in with his generally grungy, new age tramp look.

Conversly, my mother dressed almost exclusively in mens clothes for many years, which makes sense as she has very broad shoulders, is tall and needed clothes suited to physical work.

People should wear whatever they want, so long as it meets all requirements of decency for the situation.