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by Yonkas
Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:21 am
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes
Replies: 40
Views: 11403

Re: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes

The problem with the "preferred pronoun" argument is that pronouns are part of the lexical structure of the language and NOT for individual interpretation. "He" and "his" refer to a male or a male's property. "She" and "hers" refer similarly to a fe...
by Yonkas
Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:02 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes
Replies: 40
Views: 11403

Re: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes

About 25 some-odd years ago, I remember reading about a truck driver who got spotted by his company cross-dressing during his off-time (around where he lives), getting fired for it, suing for wrongful termination, and losing. We've come quite a way from those days. Unfortunately, I think that the w...
by Yonkas
Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Changes at the Cafe
Topic: Can we have an Activism board?
Replies: 16
Views: 5769

Re: Can we have an Activism board?

So it would be a bit like the "Skirted Get-Togethers" area, but aimed to doing more than just meeting. BarleyMower and myself were floating the idea of the next London meet up, visiting the iconic places in London to take pictures of us all. Yes, that's what I was thinking: a board for ac...
by Yonkas
Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: Changes at the Cafe
Topic: Can we have an Activism board?
Replies: 16
Views: 5769

Re: Can we have an Activism board?

Why would it be preaching to the choir? It would be specifically for organizing and group actions.
by Yonkas
Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: Changes at the Cafe
Topic: Can we have an Activism board?
Replies: 16
Views: 5769

Can we have an Activism board?

As some of us are passionate about actively promoting male skirt-wearing and fashion freedom, I propose creating a dedicated board for activism. Please note that this thread is for constructive discussion and brainstorming. If you have logistical concerns or ideas, feel free to share. However, I'd a...
by Yonkas
Sat Dec 14, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

So, if playing an armchair psychologist/sociologist to convince yourself and others you’ll never get anywhere, is your oonly contribution, please, keep it to yourself. We’ve all heard enough of that. Yonkas, I have to decline, I shall speak as I see fit and with no apology to anyone. Steve. I feel ...
by Yonkas
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

I just thought about it by reading latest Grok's message: another way of supporting them, if you have in the outer part of your home a big and visible area that could be covered with publicity (ideally located in an animated street), to propose these specialized retailers (who we are happy from the...
by Yonkas
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

There have been a very few businesses that have marketed skirts for men, and have survived. (See the Links section). These are small, quite specialized companies. What we can do, besides wearing skirted rigs in public, is support those few companies with our purchases. But this is always how counte...
by Yonkas
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: Doing away with "Embracing feminity"
Replies: 64
Views: 13049

Doing away with "Embracing feminity"

For a while, now, I have increasingly taken issue with referring to males, who do things seen as traditionally female activities, as "embracing their feminine side." I believe that this is harmful to our cause. The only reason these things are considered female-related in the first place i...
by Yonkas
Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

You seam to have too narrow view of the market. I might be only male in my community goes out openly wearing dresses and skirts. Look, I'm not trying to stop you in your retail-oriented crusade, I'm just pointing out the hard realities of the matter. Knock yourself out if you wish, but numbers do n...
by Yonkas
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

Make all the "rucus" you wish bur telling retailers how to conduct their business isn't the demand that will get a response. Retailers will change marketing strategies when a significant cross section of men demonstrate the demand with hard earned cash. While the MIS movement may be growi...
by Yonkas
Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 am
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
Replies: 65
Views: 19378

Re: International Men Can Wear Dresses Day

Thanks for ponting this out! So…if the retailers/vendors respond to demand, then, why don’t we start making a rucus? Why don’t we start calling retailers/vendors and demand that they acknowledge this day? While most won’t there is a chance that one will see the marketing potential in doing so (Ivy C...
by Yonkas
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Silly reasons for wearing a skirt.
Replies: 43
Views: 6617

Re: Silly reasons for wearing a skirt.

I like to pretend I am a rocket ship. You can’t do that with pants.
by Yonkas
Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Gender Neutral Fashion is failing skirt-wearing boys
Replies: 56
Views: 10263

Re: Gender Neutral Fashion is failing skirt-wearing boys

So, unless they are dressing up as Aramis in The Three Musketeers , maybe leave the frills and laces for the girls. How is this any better than “leave skirts and dresses for the girls?” I love frills and laces on myself and on the ladies. In general, with few exceptions, I believe all humans look b...
by Yonkas
Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:43 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Is Stylesock legitimate?
Replies: 4
Views: 10458

Is Stylesock legitimate?

I found this site, https://www.stylesock.com/ Which offers alternative male fashion. Has anyone ordered from this site? Looking at various “scam advisor”-style websites rate this as possibly a scam, but there is nothing conclusive from what I see. Browsing through the products, I was somewhat encour...