After reflecting on this a bit it occurred to me this could help explain (in part) why some spouses/partners object to "their men" wearing the skirt. My routine - skirt or no skirt - is largely unchanged. I don't primp myself except clearing the forest on my legs, which if I decided one day to stop, would be just as acceptable as a skirt is on me (that is, tacitly accepted). Men get more of a pass - to some extent we are expected to be slobs. For women, though, both women and men hold them to a high standard. They spend more time prepping their appearance for events, going out, etc... When a guy decides to wear a skirt, unless I suppose they are going for full-on emulation, they aren't suffering for fashion. I think to some degree it's a double-standard - it isn't fair we can just swap shorts for a skirt.A few boys challenging the dress code at my daughter's high school decided to wear skirts to test the waters. The girls told them to wear pantyhose (early 1990's) to get the full effect. They did not.
Thoughts?