Skirt interview

[Barleymower]

Slightly awkward interview with Brad.
The family he interviews are very positive and happy to chat for several minutes.

https://youtu.be/wz_Aqy5hWSA?feature=shared

Go Brad.

[Mouse]

I think the awkwardness comes from Brad himself. The two women seem quite harmless and positive.

[Coder]

Yeah - while I appreciate his being out there and spreading the gospel, he comes off a bit awkward-like in these interviews. Not so much that he himself is awkward - but the conversations seem forced.

Ie: “hey, I’m a guy wearing a skirt, isn’t that countercultural”

And the respondents are usually, “in this day and age, that’s ok”

I think it’s really hard to sound natural with these kind of interactions.

[Kieran]

Definitely a nice positive message from the two women.

A second interview with Brad, this time with a husband and wife, can also be found on his channel. Quite interesting message from the wife that men wearing skirts has become more normalised lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8V42M-sRNI

[Mouse]

A second interview with Brad, this time with a husband and wife

That was a better interview, it seemed to flow better.

[Brad]

I'm disappointed that one of the women thought it was necessary to use an f-word, and with children present. What happened to class and civility?

[crfriend]

What happened to class and civility?

Sadly, those seem to be obsolete concepts.

[Stu]

The question as to why men don't wear skirts boils down to one thing: it's currently unfashionable for them to do so.

Simple as that.

[jamie001]

The question as to why men don't wear skirts boils down to one thing: it's currently unfashionable for them to do so.

Simple as that.

I don’t agree with this. Cargo pants are ugly and unfashionable, yet men wear those gawd-aweful things. Socks with sandals, pants that don’t fit and show the butt-crack like many of the rappers wear, and the list goes on and on.

IMHO, the only reason that men do not wear skirts is that they are worried about being thought of as “feminine” or as a “gay-homosexual”. When men were growing-up, being called a faggot was the worst thing that they could be called and wearing a skirt would get them labeled as a faggot especially during that era.

I don’t believe that it has anything to do with fashion.

No disrespect meant to any gay-homosexuals. I support everyone that wants to wear skirts and all lifestyles. I was called a faggot many times growing up.

Jamie
Fashion Freedom for Men

[Stu]

Jaime

You say: "IMHO, the only reason that men do not wear skirts is that they are worried about being thought of as “feminine” or as a “gay-homosexual”. When men were growing-up, being called a faggot was the worst thing that they could be called and wearing a skirt would get them labeled as a faggot especially during that era."

You have spectacularly missed the point. Men don't wear skirts because it is unfashionable - they have been unfashionable for men for so long that we have conceded skirt-wearing to females and that means it is now considered effeminate.

Let's think of an analogy. Imagine I jointly own a piece of land with my neighbour. He tends the land and I don't even walk on it. He grows vegetables on it for his family. He has built a garage on it for his cars. I never use it. One day, I decide I would like to plant an apple tree on it, but he tells me - and everyone else tells me - that this is his land, not mine. I go along with that and don't plant the tree on the land. I have effectively relinquished my interest in the land even though I am technically a part-owner.

Men and women used to wear skirt-like garments. Then men stopped wearing them for a time because they went out of fashion for men. Women didn't stop wearing them and they liked the fact that men weren't wearing them. This went on, unchallenged, for so long, that skirts became associated with women and, as such, femininity. There were a few pockets of resistance to this, like Highland Dress with kilts, but otherwise the fashion persisted through the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century. Imagine that men and boys started wearing skirts to the same levels as women. Men's skirts were sold in every store and with a range of styles and colours. It was as common to see a man in one as a woman. If that happened, skirts would lose their association in the same way that a pair of jeans are not regarded as masculine garments - they are just clothes.

Stu

[Coder]

Cargo pants are ugly and unfashionable, yet men wear those gawd-aweful things.

First off - I heartily disagree. I quite like "cargo" styles of clothes (be they pants, skirts, kilts, etc...). And the very simple fact is - they are in fashion for men - hence they are fashionable. If they weren't, men would not wear them.

Socks with sandals, pants that don’t fit and show the butt-crack like many of the rappers wear, and the list goes on and on.

Well, yeah those are pretty awful - but I think those are because men's hygiene is not only deprioritized but in some instances stigmatized.

If that happened, skirts would lose their association in the same way that a pair of jeans are not regarded as masculine garments - they are just clothes.

This would be great - I guess the question we keep posing here - how do we get to this point? Can we do anything proactive (besides just being ourselves and unapologetically wearing skirts)?

[Barleymower]

I guess the question we keep posing here - how do we get to this point? Can we do anything proactive (besides just being ourselves and unapologetically wearing skirts)?

We are doing a lot just by doing what we are doing. That is we don't act in affected way. That would open us up to ridicule. Just do what you do and carry on being a man. It normalising MIS which helps everyone.

To go an extra mile we can join forces with men like Brad, contact sympathetic writers and journalists. We could lobby politicians. This would increase exposure but everyone would know.
Question I ask myself is "know what".

I had an opportunity to meet a journalist with Stevie but didn't realise how important it was. I was too green.

[Stu]

This would be great - I guess the question we keep posing here - how do we get to this point? Can we do anything proactive (besides just being ourselves and unapologetically wearing skirts)?

I think we can do something. Every time you buy a skirt which you think looks good on you, take a picture of yourself wearing it. Then send that picture with a covering email to the retailer, manufacturer or designer telling them that you are a non-crossdressing, masculine male who saw this garment and though it would suit a male physique and maybe they could produce something similar for guys. The first person who does that will, of course, be ignored. So will the second. But eventually, they will see a pattern and wonder if they may be missing a trick - perhaps there really is a market for men's skirts.

Stu

[Coder]

This would be great - I guess the question we keep posing here - how do we get to this point? Can we do anything proactive (besides just being ourselves and unapologetically wearing skirts)?

I think we can do something. Every time you buy a skirt which you think looks good on you, take a picture of yourself wearing it. Then send that picture with a covering email to the retailer, manufacturer or designer telling them that you are a non-crossdressing, masculine male who saw this garment and though it would suit a male physique and maybe they could produce something similar for guys. The first person who does that will, of course, be ignored. So will the second. But eventually, they will see a pattern and wonder if they may be missing a trick - perhaps there really is a market for men's skirts.

Stu

That’s certainly a way to go about it and I can think of two purchases I’ve made in the past that are probably recent enough that I could do that.

[DrFishnets]

I really enjoy watching Brad’s videos and it gives me confidence. This video is another good one and the two girls he interviews are so nice and complimentary of his skirt and I liked when they said when they seen him they didn’t think of a guy in a skirt, what they thought was what a cool outfit he was wearing.

https://youtu.be/SYSo0J3Y2xc?si=2exJ8B2sWm0N90H8