New York City
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bob striks
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New York City
I recently moved to the New York City area about two months ago. It has been a crazy change. I have gone out in denim skirts a few times in my neighborhood without any real response. Last night I went out in a longer black skirt and got a surprising number of turned heads and it was rather uncomfortable. I was in the union square area where I live. I am thinking I wil not try that again anytime soon. I am wondering of anyone else lives in New York and has had any expereinces going out skirted.
Yes, I've had experiences in NYC. Usually, no one says anything. New Yorkers have seen it all, especially in Union Square. And there are probably more skirt-wearing guys in NYC than anywhere else in the Northeast.
Back when we were "Tom's Cafe," we had the "Million Skirted Men" event in New York. Really, very few people even noticed about 50 guys walking around in kilts and skirts. As I said, they've seen it all in New York.
Once, going into the 2-3 subway at 72nd St some teenagers yelled across the platform, "he's wearing a skirt!" That was not appreciated, to say the least.
Also, in Jersey City where I stay frequently, one morning I was walking out to catch the PATH train and I heard a lady say "that's the guy that wears a skirt." OK, that really did unnerve me. Anonymity can be a good thing in NYC. But Union Square is in general safer than the part of Jersey City I'm talking about here.
I would say, give it more time in New York. It takes time to learn the "feel" of a neighborhood, or a street scene. Once you do, you can better discern the difference between "normal" and "scary" things going on around you. Once you have that down, then wearing a skirt will be less nerve-wracking, because you'll know whether or not things are getting scary, or whether it's just your fears.
Back when we were "Tom's Cafe," we had the "Million Skirted Men" event in New York. Really, very few people even noticed about 50 guys walking around in kilts and skirts. As I said, they've seen it all in New York.
Once, going into the 2-3 subway at 72nd St some teenagers yelled across the platform, "he's wearing a skirt!" That was not appreciated, to say the least.
Also, in Jersey City where I stay frequently, one morning I was walking out to catch the PATH train and I heard a lady say "that's the guy that wears a skirt." OK, that really did unnerve me. Anonymity can be a good thing in NYC. But Union Square is in general safer than the part of Jersey City I'm talking about here.
I would say, give it more time in New York. It takes time to learn the "feel" of a neighborhood, or a street scene. Once you do, you can better discern the difference between "normal" and "scary" things going on around you. Once you have that down, then wearing a skirt will be less nerve-wracking, because you'll know whether or not things are getting scary, or whether it's just your fears.
Whilst I don't live in NYC, I did visit it briefly a few months ago. I did a number of tourist things in a SportKilt and got only favourable comments whenever someone got the gumption to say something. One guy in Penn Plaza tried very hard to not offend (he didn't); another guy in Central Park had trouble with the concept that kilt != bagpipes-player; an attendent in the MMA sounded like she'd lost a dare with a colleague when she commented; and I guess I should count the tourist from Scotland in the ESB.
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