Article in The Guardian by a man who wears skirts

[shadowfax]

Here's a link to an opinion piece in The Guardian, today by a young chap who wears skirts all of the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... n-feminism

The title is,
"So you’d never wear a skirt in public? Men, you don’t know what you’re missing"

The subtitle of the article is,
"I started wearing them to test my sister’s lighthearted theory about feminism. Now I can’t do without their vibrant versatility"

[shadowfax]

Phineas Harper is the chief executive of the charity Open City.
https://open-city.org.uk/
"Open City makes architecture and cities more open, accessible and equitable"

Here's a link to his "about me" page on the Open City website.
https://open-city.org.uk/people/phineas-harper

[Myopic Bookworm]

It's an excellent little article. And I do agree with his suggestion for the timid: If you need a gateway drug, buy a black kilt on eBay and build your skirt collection from there.

[shadowfax]

It's an excellent little article. And I do agree with his suggestion for the timid: If you need a gateway drug, buy a black kilt on eBay and build your skirt collection from there.

Yes, I enjoyed reading the article too, apart from these two sentences.
"Skirt life isn’t perfect. Even in London I’ve occasionally been spat at in the street and heckled from cars while wearing one."

I agree with the writer and you about a black kilt being a useful gateway into skirts. My public skirting adventures started with a black utility kilt.

[Stevej180]

That's a really good article, and helpful too. It still feels though like it's easier to wear one to a star-studded charity event than to the pub!

[Bill]

Indeed, an interesting article. I, too, like the part of a gateway drug being a black kilt. I actually have four black kilts - three are utility kilts but one is a traditional kilt that can be "dressed up" or can work casually. I also have a number of tartan kilts from casual to quality wool. I find myself wearing utility kilts and/or casual kilts 95% of the time. (Being retired and at my age I seldom get really dressed up any more.)

As I sit and type this I am wearing a casual SportKilt (US Army tartan, with pockets) that is my favorite knock about the house attire. BTW, all of my dozen (or so) skirts are kilts.

[Stu]

He mentions feminism, but this isn't about women's rights; it's really a men's rights issue. Why should females have the exclusive right to wear a garment as simple and basic as what is essentially a tube or wrap? Males have been wearing skirts throughout history and the current taboo, and the association of non-bifurcated garments with femininity, is an affront to gender equality.

[Grok]

It is also a very stupid rule, Stu.

[Bertino56]

Like Sir Grayson Perry, Phineas Harper is a hugely successful member of the
artistic community who wears skirts regularly, tastefully, and conspicuously.
He has his own web site (phineasharper.com) and plenty of links to his work,
pictures, community involvement, and his advocacy of skirts.

[Barleymower]

He's a young guy taking on the challenge. Good on him.
Better than a bunch of old blokes with nothing to loose (what do you mean that's me? I'm only 58)

[Uncle Al]

Just getting around to this thread and I found the article quite interesting, and well written.
Now, to get the concept adopted by Western Culture is a goal to achieve, yet will take a bit
of doing. I support that goal 100% I'm doing my part by wearing skirted garments daily.
(Except for my part-time job in December )

At my age, what do I have to lose

Uncle Al

[Jim]

He mentions feminism, but this isn't about women's rights; it's really a men's rights issue. Why should females have the exclusive right to wear a garment as simple and basic as what is essentially a tube or wrap? ...

Yes, it's a men's rights issue, which is in unity with classical feminism.

Classical feminism, unlike some varieties, rejects all discrimination due to one's sex.

Additionally, for a man to wear a skirt publicly is to publicly reject the idea that females are inferiors--a strong feminist position.

[Coder]

Not to derail the topic, but someone has plagiarized the heck out of that article:

https://bnnbreaking.com/lifestyle/fashi ... in-skirts/

[crfriend]

Not to derail the topic, but someone has plagiarized the heck out of that article:

And not a hint of attribution. The plagiarist is a loser of high order, no matter what his "credentials" at the bottom of the "article" say. Or, perhaps, it was merely A"I".

[JohnH]

Yes, I enjoyed reading the article too, apart from these two sentences.
"Skirt life isn’t perfect. Even in London I’ve occasionally been spat at in the street and heckled from cars while wearing one."

I agree with the writer and you about a black kilt being a useful gateway into skirts. My public skirting adventures started with a black utility kilt.

I wear dresses all the time and hardly wear trousers, and I have never been harassed or insulted for wearing them. In fact, a number of women have complimented me.

John