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- Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: 16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1075
Re: 16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
Obviously it will be difficult to get everyone onboard in 16 days as no doubt will be evident in this thread. Thanks denimini. It's an annual programme designed to raise issues in the hope that what we learn during the 16 days this year can change our behaviour between now and next year's programme...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: 16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1075
Re: 16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
Men are far more likely to be the victims of violence than women, but they couldn't care less about male victims. Thanks for your comment, Stu. The programme does not deny that men are also victims of violence, or that men are, in some societies, more likely to be victims of violence than women. Al...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: 16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1075
16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women
Since the current Western Australian government won office in 2017 there has been a campaign called "16 Days to Stop Violence Against Women" starting on 25th November (The International Day for for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and ending on 10th December (Human Rights Day). O...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Tomorrow I Fly
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3040
Re: Tomorrow I Fly
The data don't lie. However, no national leader had the stones to immediately ban air-travel to/from the affected areas. Wonderful to see someone use the plural verb to go with the plural noun "data". Thanks. The assertion that no national leader banned air-travel from affected areas isn'...
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:02 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: The things people will say
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5372
Re: The things people will say
Two recent discussions come to mind. In the first I was talking to someone involved in professional standards in the Anglican Church about comments which had been fed back to her, and the issue of my "attire" was raised. Whereas I had no problem talking about me wearing skirts she studious...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:46 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: The worm has turned
- Replies: 166
- Views: 29571
Re: The worm has turned
Why not just take advantage of the freedom provided by the skirt/kilt and sit to urinate? We don't have a problem when we need to empty our bowels, so why do we have a problem when we empty our bladders? Or is it a case of "that's what women do and it would be demeaning of a man to do the same&...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:38 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Wearing a skirt to a Clinic
- Replies: 79
- Views: 12501
Re: Wearing a skirt to a Clinic
Just curious if those medical people were male, and if they themselves were wearing skirts when they made those comments. If not, I would personally feel like maybe I was being patronized, even if the opinion was sensible. Both genders, and the men's responses were akin to "I wish I had the gu...
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:40 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Wearing a skirt to a Clinic
- Replies: 79
- Views: 12501
Re: Wearing a skirt to a Clinic
I appreciate you guys who go to the doc in a skirt, but I’d rather not have a doctor deciding he knows me by my clothing. My fashion choices are mine, and not worth having to challenge my physician over his initial judgements based on attire. My experience with medical people is actually opposite t...
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:51 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
- Replies: 1721
- Views: 236037
Re: Sightings "in the wild"
Definitely cooler now that we're well into our summer, haven't had a day under about 32°C in two weeks, and several days in a row of 37 to 39°C last week. It's Perth's turn to be too hot. Top temps the last few days have been 36, 38, 39, 40. Today's forecast 41, tomorrow's 40. Driving round in a bu...
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
- Replies: 1721
- Views: 236037
Re: Sightings "in the wild"
Interesting concept. "Café" is actually French for "coffee" so a "coffee café" is a coffee coffee.
Oh the joys of the English language!
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:15 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: (Good) Comments are king.
- Replies: 199
- Views: 33162
Re: (Good) Comments are king.
Thanks 6ft3 Aussie. Your story reminds me of the time I had been at work in skirt and sandals on a hot day in Perth. I worked on the 6th floor and took the lift back to the car park in the basement. On the 5th floor we picked up some workers from another company. One of the ladies looked at me and s...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Where did you first get the idea to wear a skirt?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 25692
Re: Where did you first get the idea to wear a skirt?
For sure, once someone knows you as, "that guy who always shows up in a skirt," they'll see you wearing pants as unusual. Very true! I ran a school bus service for a while, always skirted. One day, before I moved out of the area, my path crossed that of one of the mothers. Skirts were ina...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:40 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Do folks notice or not?
- Replies: 747
- Views: 64352
Re: Do folks notice or not?
It got to 41° here yesterday, but then we use °C, so it was a bit warmer than 41°F.
Good weather for skirts.
Good weather for skirts.
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Do I look like a priest or what?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6090
Re: Do I look like a priest or what?
A while back someone posted that a fellow member of a church had approached the parish priest in an attempt to get said member to stop wearing skirts to church. The reply was something along the lines of "how can I tell him not to wear a skirt when I wear a dress every Sunday?" In the Roma...
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Bloody weather!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2662
Re: Bloody weather!
'sno' good telling me that. I grew up in snow drifts. we did get some in the far south of Western Australia a few weeks back - lasted less than a day and you had to climb a 1200m hill to get to it.Fred in Skirts wrote:(For those of you who do not know what the word snow means Visit Denver in the winter.)