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eightofninekev · Post by **eightofninekev** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:58 pm

I have just been looking on another forum, the female first one and i saw this post under the fashion section

" I think you will look too strange, and you will lose your job. Go out on the street, and see how many men in skirts you see. How many did you count?

You see, they only exist on the internet as wierdos in forums called 'SkirtCafe' and the like. Stay in trousers, mate. Summer's over, so you won't get hot, plus you can sit like guys do, not like a sissy. How will your passengers feel if they ask you to load their bags for them as you take them from Park Lane Hilton down to the Airport?

Think about it, use yer loaf. Don't believe everything you read on the Net. People will cuss you and then you will end up as an unemployed battyman in a skirt"

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/board/view ... hp?t=87766

Since1982 · Post by **Since1982** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:53 am

Nope, didn't see but one man in a skirt other than me yesterday, didn't see ANY men in speedos, none with missing arms either, but I'm sure there are some somewhere. Seeing hundreds of men wearing comfortable clothes is very rare, (MIS March) most men are completely stuck in the "lemmings/penguin" look and wouldn't dare venture out of it like their wives did a few years back when they realized trousers fit their anatomy better than skirts and dresses did. I've realized that too, but I never have been much of a conformist. I was (and I'm quite proud of this) the first man in Ft. Lauderdale Florida to do 2 things and get arrested for both. In 1968 the state of Florida passed the mandatory helmet law for motorcyclists, I got the first ticket by the cops for not wearing my helmet on my head...( I was wearing it on my knee) I got off on that cause the law didnt specifically say it had to be on your head.

In 1962 I was the first man in Ft. Lauderdale to be arrested for having hair longer than the tops of my ears (just after the Beatles arrived in America). Someday, if I live long enough, I might also be arrested by another simpleton for wearing a skirt. Ya just never know when the ugly spectre of conformity will rear its head and do something stupid.

binx · Post by **binx** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:57 pm

Apparantly the person doesn't look at this site, 'cause there are people who wear skirts to work and don't lose their jobs.

binx

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:47 pm

It's obvious he's curious about this topic but, as much as he'd love to do it, he hasn't yet found the courage to try skirt-wearing for himself.

Kev - it's not anywhere near as difficult as you think. You don't lose your job (I haven't lost mine!). Your friends and neighbours may think your sartorial habits are a wee bit odd, but they won't let it change the way they treat you. Some guys do get resistence from their wives - but you simply have to point out that you never stop them wearing trousers.

In the end, a skirt is just a bit of cloth. On men, the worst you can say about it is that it is a bit unorthodox. So what? Are we men or sheep? If you want to wear one, wear one. If you don't - don't.

Unlike many other human activities, skirt-wearing doesn't hurt anyone: it's entirely inoffensive.

Stu

eightofninekev · Post by **eightofninekev** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:26 pm

I know its not difficult i have worn skirts for a few years my only problem is my mum she dosent like it and she has said that she dosent want the family to know about this so for now i have put my skirt wearing on hold .As for work i i work for a supermarket they have there own uniform skirts and i requested one but they said theyd order me one but they were just telling me that to get me out the way.
I dont know who made that post on the other forum they posted under the name of guest .theres just been a few men in skirts posts on that forum the idea pops up every now and then

isobar · Post by **isobar** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:08 pm

Not a very thoughtful view - I particularly liked the bit about how people can only exist on the internet, as if the internet were a place!

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:19 pm

As for work i i work for a supermarket they have there own uniform skirts and i requested one but they said theyd order me one but they were just telling me that to get me out the way.

So hold them to their promise.

Stu

r1g0r · Post by **r1g0r** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:17 am

i have applied for a management position in my company. they are aware of my skirt-wearing, and i am the FRONT-RUNNING APPLICANT for the position.

my managers have told me that my choice of clothing is NOT an issue. it is not even thought about. what is considered is my work record, and the client-satisfaction that i bring to the job.

i think that some folks simply haven't found the right place to be.

or maybe i'm just the luckiest SOB on the planet.

either way, just keep trying. i'm walking, talking proof that it CAN happen!

talon2mech · Post by **talon2mech** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:39 pm

I say if your employer won't let you wear what you want, start your own company and compete with your ex-job...

I am in the photography business and I have never lost a contract/job for wearing a skirt/kilt while shooting...

binx · Post by **binx** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:04 am

r1g0r wrote:i have applied for a management position in my company. they are aware of my skirt-wearing, and i am the FRONT-RUNNING APPLICANT for the position.

my managers have told me that my choice of clothing is NOT an issue. it is not even thought about. what is considered is my work record, and the client-satisfaction that i bring to the job.

i think that some folks simply haven't found the right place to be.

or maybe i'm just the luckiest SOB on the planet.

either way, just keep trying. i'm walking, talking proof that it CAN happen!

May not be an issue now, but being a manager is very politically-charged, and you may get challenged by a subordinate if a situation should arise.

binx

Website · Post by **crfriend** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:53 pm

binx wrote:May not be an issue now, but being a manager is very politically-charged, and you may get challenged by a subordinate if a situation should arise.

This is true, but I believe you'll find that if an individual comports himself (or herself) in an absolutely fair, ethical, and honourable manner the mode of attire that the person chooses to wear will fade into the background. Yes, this is vital for managers (or, in the Dilbert world, "Managers", but those are exempt from the normal rules that make us human), but is also extremely important for everybody. It's one's actions that get one noticed in a sane environment, not one's appearance. Of course this might just be a fantasy induced by the impingement of rational thought.

As far as the thread on "Femalefirst.co.uk" goes, one needs to take a look at the intended audience. The general impression I get is that the site is littered with lemmings who refuse (which is worse than unable) to question "common wisdom". What we're dealing with here is fundamentally meaningless in the broader context of things, and that may be one of the reasons that the "less well-informed" (that's put as politely as I can manage it) rail about it -- they can, with no consequences -- unlike tackling real problems like what's happening on the world stage at the moment. What's more pressing -- global climate change; torture of prisoners; crippling poverty; starvation; acts of genocide -- or what some random bloke wants to wrap 'round his nether bits? Except for the fact that the uneducated can excoriate a chap in a skirt for more easliy than they can offer insight and solution to other, more pressing, issues.

Since1982 · Post by **Since1982** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:02 am

Carl wrote:the uneducated can excoriate a chap in a skirt

there you go using those "Scrabble" words again. Good thing I've played Scrabble all my life until my main Scrabble pard passed into the great Scrabble game in the sky. (My Mom). Now I can't find anyone to play with that can spell words longer than 6 leeters...LOL Now ah kain speek unedyoucaited tew. Ah'd just raither knot.

MtnBiker · Post by **MtnBiker** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:11 pm

To quoute my all-time favorite band 'The Beastie Boys'.... 'I get a lot of points for the word quagmire'

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