iain wrote:here's some other comments from girls who recently gave me their opinions on the subject.. "I never wear short skirts: I don't want people in the street who I don't even know to fantasise about me."
"I don't have the legs for them and I prefer jeans."
"I know men like me to wear skirts, but they're not as practical as trousers. sometimes I envy men because their clothes are so useful."
"You want me to wear a short skirt and let everyone in the street see my legs? what if I don't want them to look at me?"
"I hate skirts, they're silly, and the wind is always blowing them, and in the winter it's cold, and in the summer you can't run or do somersaults on the trampoline like the boys can!"
The old saw of, "Argue your limitations and, sure enough, they are yours" (usually attributed to Richard Bach) comes to mind here. It's being used as a crutch in most cases. I'll agree that crutches are sometimes handy things, but it's unwise to get too dependent on them.
For the most part, it seems, women have abandoned the skirt -- for many reasons, including the ones above and legions more. So, why are men now "discovering" skirts? I have two reasons: comfort and freedom; and I'm cherry-picking the best of both worlds instead of shunting from one to the other. I like the freedom of movement that skirts offer me; I like the comfort of not having fabric running to tightly in some places and uncomfortably loose in others (pants bought off the rack just never fit right unless one is very lucky); and boy do I enjoy the feel of a gentle breeze!
The above notwithstanding, wearing a skirt can be a royal pain in the kiester sometimes. I don't even want to contemplate how much of a hassle it would have been to change out a flat tire on my car the other day with about 6 inches of working room between the car and the travel lane if I was wearing one of my long skirts! But -- how often does that happen? Rarely (unless you drive real beaters like I used to), and I've only had to change two or three flats in the past 30 years. Worried about the skirt "lifting" in the wind? Be aware of your situation and manage your attire accordingly; it's not all that difficult (and remember that the infamous "Marilyn moment" was very deliberately staged -- to the dismay of her husband at the time). "But I'll flash when I sit down!" -- well don't act like Sharon Stone
and learn how to sit; if you're that worried about it, your skirt is probably too short anyway, and sit with your knees together. That last one is a bit of a challenge for most blokes 'cause they've never had to (nor. increasingly have the girls), but it can be learned.
iain wrote:skirts are just not everyone's cup of tea. we men are going crazy with curiosity and we like being unique and for sure the attention is great, as well as the novelty. it feels fantastic. but a long way down the line some of us will probably end up saying much the same thing as some women do now, if feel forced to wear them when young, or forced to wear them to please someone else when we're older.
This is true, but the apparent speed with which skirt-wearing is being embraced by men and discarded by women is interesting in and of itself. One of the reasons I find skirts charming is that they're largely
obsolete items of apparel. Since everybody, both males and females, wear the uniform of denim pants donning a garment from another time has a certain charm to it. I also happen to believe that the human form (both male
and female) looks better in skirted garments; they're vastly more "forgiving" than tight tr*users, can run the gamut between very discreet and modest to outright racy, and can be as functional or as fanciful as the wearer's imagination.
