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by Dust
Wed May 01, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Skirts in Schools - No hope for boys
Replies: 71
Views: 1556

Re: Skirts in Schools - No hope for boys

Well, if the various "administrations" would actually do their damned jobs and finally suppress bullying behaviours in the population of pupils there'd be a heck of a lot less trouble. It's been tried. Anti-bullying campaigns tend to backfire and make the problem worse. They may teach bul...
by Dust
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: Couture
Topic: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway
Replies: 26
Views: 1242

Re: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway

No worries, Mouse. In some ways, I must have a half dozen wardrobes: Athletic gear Causal stuff (T-shirts, etc.) Work/slightly dressy stuff Special occasion stuff And within those there's stuff that doesn't go together, color palette wise (earth tones vs. grey, etc.). There's stuff I wouldn't wear t...
by Dust
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Hypothethical Question
Replies: 61
Views: 784

Re: Hypothethical Question

In my opinion, the moment we conflate skirts with gender, we've lost the average guy -- and that's where the target audience is. As I said, "lofty goals". Language is important. Yes! This is my issue with wearing skirts meaning I'm being "gender non-conformant". That just reinfo...
by Dust
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Hypothethical Question
Replies: 61
Views: 784

Re: Hypothethical Question

Sadly, for most guys at the moment, "style" is not very high on the hierarchy of needs. Most of us are worried about where our next meal is going to come from from and how we're going to pay the monthly rent. Guys are more likely to be the primary breadwinner, which means needing to hold ...
by Dust
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Out and About -- In the World at Large
Replies: 3483
Views: 304785

Re: Out and About -- In the World at Large

The other day at Walmart, I had a woman walk up to me and say she wished more men would wear kilts! Then she complimented my outfit, and went her way. I was in a Utilikilt and a T-shirt with sandals and a zippered fleece jacket, nothing special really.
by Dust
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Couture
Topic: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway
Replies: 26
Views: 1242

Re: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway

I'm trying to not have two completely separate wardrobes. I don't quite get the point, all of my boots from my Uggs to my 10" heels are in one place and can be worn with any of my skirts? I can't/don't always wear skirts. Sometimes it's boring standard male attire. I've started trying to get c...
by Dust
Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:20 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Musical instruments and mental health
Replies: 6
Views: 172

Re: Musical instruments and mental health

Creative/artistic types need their creative outlets. Without it we start going crazy. It's hard to explain, but there it is...
by Dust
Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:15 am
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: A case of mistaken skirting - pays to read comments
Replies: 20
Views: 1244

Re: A case of mistaken skirting - pays to read comments

I had a friend from church over the other day to help with some yardwork. He was carrying a small bag cross body bag. It was canvas in some military-like color either khaki or olive (I forget which), and had a more vertical orientation with one strap off the top and the other off the side. Near the ...
by Dust
Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Kilts, Kilts
Topic: Advice on kilts
Replies: 14
Views: 386

Re: Advice on kilts

For casual wear, I just cuff regular long socks below my knees (or no socks or no-show socks). I've gotten these in the past, though (like everything else) the price has gone up: https://sockdreams.com/collections/over-the-knee/products/otk-tube-socks https://sockdreams.com/collections/extraordinary...
by Dust
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Couture
Topic: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway
Replies: 26
Views: 1242

Re: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway

Mouse, I don't disagree that the high heeled boots are a powerful statement! Not quite sure what they are saying, but they do look fun! That said, most of the time I'm not looking to say anything quite that loudly with my shoes. I've taken to wearing loafers to the office (with trousers) in part bec...
by Dust
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Couture
Topic: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway
Replies: 26
Views: 1242

Re: Ballet Flats and Mary Janes Back on the Runway

This is good news. If skirts for men are going to catch on, we need shoes for men to go with them. Most men's formal shoes are ugly, and better partly hidden under a trouser cuff... The shoes are typically clunky. And the more formal shoes-intended for suits, for example-are extremely limited in te...
by Dust
Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5
Replies: 65
Views: 1493

Re: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5

We are not, as some like to say, "a ghost driving a meat covered skeleton" or whatever. Our body is a part of us, part of the whole. The physical is not evil. We are both physical and spiritual beings. The animals are only physical, and the angels are only spiritual. Only humans have both...
by Dust
Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5
Replies: 65
Views: 1493

Re: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5

If people want to make such a big deal of Deuteronomy 22:5, what about 1 Corinthians chapter 11 where the Apostle Paul admonishes men to worship with uncovered heads and women with covered heads? On one hand we see bishops on up to the Pope wearing mitres and Eastern Orthodox clergy wearing head co...
by Dust
Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5
Replies: 65
Views: 1493

Re: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5

The sex of a skeleton can be determined scientifically. There are significant differences in bone structure You misunderstand what I'm asking... The body is gone, when the "person" (spirit) acends to heaven, how is gender determined? The gender of the spirit, or soul? I believe that in th...
by Dust
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5
Replies: 65
Views: 1493

Re: Skirts, Pants, and Deuteronomy 22:5

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. That makes sense as once a person dies and their physical body rots in the ground... how would gender be determined in such a case? The sex of a skeleton can be d...