To ask if you would be happy if your husband dressed like this?

[KimberleyClark]

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/straight-dad-three-wears-skirts-26417991

My DH doesn’t have the legs, but at least this guy is not wearing lipstick and a wig, and dresses his top half like man. His wife helps him choose the clothes.

Words fail.

I don't find it an attractive look but actually I think we need more of this kind of thing.

Men who can express a more feminine side of their personality or fashion sense without claiming to be non-binary or trans women is a really healthy step. We need to get to the point where people (men) don't feel they need to magically claim to change sex just because they don't conform to their gender norms.

Breaking societal taboos of gender stereotyping would be a huge step forward and address the issue of men claiming to be women just because they like heels, lippy, and baking.

I don't like those outfits, the style is what I associate with sexist office dress codes from my youth, so it is good to see it inverted I guess.

Nope, I would hate if my husband dressed like this and would be a deal breaker for me.

Well obviously he can wear what he wants but I'd be very unhappy if my DH dressed like that. I don't like it.

He's got great legs but really horrible taste in skirts and shoes. Not bothered by the idea of wearing a skirt type thing, sarongs can be very flattering but those don't suit him and the clash between the upper and lower is jarring

I don't find it particularly attractive, but so long as he doesn't try to claim "womanhood' and stays out of women's spaces then each to their own.

If my DP decided he wanted to dress like this, I'd not really have an issue although in the same way as when he wears his fleecy gilet (that he loves), I'd tell him I don't particularly like it and he'd look at me like I'm crazy (cos it's Patagonia you know!!) and wear it anyway! 😁

No

The skirt wouldn't bother me. The heels would make me wince, but his feet, his pain. What would bother me is the look on his face in those photos. He looks like he's really getting off on it all.

I think he looks completely daft. I'm sure he couldn't give a fig what I think and that's fair enough.

Absolutely! I want to see more of this. Lets just get rid of the stereotypes so that people can look however they want. And keep sex out of it. Men should be able to wear anything at all - and so should women - provided it's suitable for the environment or task. Him wearing a skirt and heels doesn't make him a woman or give him access to female-only spaces.

No problem, if that's what floats his boat. I'm not over keen on the look to be honest. At the end of the day, I rock a skirt and heels way better then Mark does 🤷

Men and women should wear whatever they want. By wearing particular clothes it doesn't mean that their sex is any different from the one that they were born with. Just because I wear trousers pretty much all the time it doesn't make me a man and just because 'Dave' is wearing a skirt and six inch heels it doesn't suddenly make him a woman. Personally I don't like the style that he's chosen and think that he looks like a bit of an attention seeking twat with a fetish, but then Dave probably doesn't dig my outfit choice either, which is fine.

The only consideration really should be practicality. Can Dave run for the train in his six inch heels? Does Dave need to consider which bathroom to use in order to get his manhood out of his miniskirt? Other than this, he can crack on really.

I definitely would not be okay with my husband dressing that way.

However I will say this guy has excellent legs.

Oh, and to add, call me selfish, but I live in a small town where dressing like this would mean running the gauntlet of sneering, name calling and possibly even threats. It would embarrass my DC, and give me one more thing to have to deal with. I'm all for breaking down stereotypes for those with the time and headspace to manage the fall out. Unfortunately I'm not one of them, and don't have the luxury to support and indulge a middle aged man's 'self expression' (woke bandwagon jumping?) at the cost of my children's humiliation. Obviously there are those who would, and if it were my children I'd be one of them, but I'll leave it to others where the middle aged DHs are concerned.

Hard no from me. It’s a fetish and in my book inflicting your fetish on other non consenting people is sexual harassment.

Imagine fawning all over a man just because he wears a skirt.

There is a guy in our local Tescos who wears skirts as part of his uniform. He doesn't have much time for non-binary/trans etc. He just finds trousers too restrictive and skirts more comfortable and when you're doing 10hr shifts, that matters!

So many people on here say clothing is non-gender but then moan when a man puts on a dress because he likes it. I understand the GC argument but sometimes a skirt is just a way to keep yourself from flashing your underwear and nothing more.

No, thanks. He looks really bizarre and all of his skirt choices are really dated circa 1990. The majority of them are very short and skintight. Women do wear other styles of skirt...

I’m not getting the love on here

But no I wouldn’t

But plenty of women wear men's clothes eg I've seen people recommend men's swimming shorts on here when women don't want to wear s swimming costume. It's very clear they are men's shorts.

My daughter always shops in the men's section.

I have some men's trainers.

What about safety gear which is mainly geared towards men?

Do you think any of that is fetishism?

Well his legs are ok for a man and he isnt pretending to be anything other than what he is - a man in a skirt - so he is more acceptable to me than some others, but I dont honestly think he looks good. It is too much of a mish mash. I'd have been interested to see him in a proper skirted suit.

If my husband wore clothes like that? Well, I'd assume he had been held at knife point and forced into them.

I just can’t get beyond anyone in 2023 feeling the need to wear business dress at all tbh, male or female, skirt or trousers.

Business can be done in much more comfortable clothing 🤷‍♀️

I agree. And that's they get away with this willy waving exhibitionism under the guise of expressing themselves

I wouldn't care at all.