Generally, the only women who have objected to my skirts have been related to me. Most of the rest have been positively encouraging.Offkilter69 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:14 pm I get really get annoyed by the sexism voiced by women about men wearing skirts. Double standards abound in regard to this. The “rules” for men are much more confining for men than women. Women gaining the acceptance of wearing pants didn’t make them masculine. The same principle should apply to men wearing skirts. The difference is that most women wanted to be able to wear pants if they chose to do so, while most men either do not want to wear skirts, are afraid to wear skirts, or do not know they would like wearing skirts. Until that stigma is gone, changing social acceptance of MIS will remain an uphill climb. We’re the slow difference makers, whether it’s incorporating kilts (me) or skirts (wannabe me) into our everyday attire and going about our lives.
You are correct that women "wanted" to wear trousers, but they also acted on that wish.
In our case, if we don't act decisively now, the change will happen sometime after the devil goes ice-skating.
If you honestly believe that clothes don't have gender, then surely the so called stigma should be irrelevant.
Sadly too, if you stick to the "Kilt" as a masculine/manskirt compromise you are also compounding the gendering of clothes.
Go for the freedom that the women took, wear what, where and whenever you wish, no ifs and no buts.
Slow maybe, but making the difference for yourself is the only place to start.
Steve.