Would you wear these skirts?

[skirtyscot]

You missed a sentence there Ian - you didn't disagree that I had put myself off my lunch! And that was the bit I just put in for effect! I stand by the rest though. They just shouldn't be made in very large sizes. If anyone, male or female, who has a big bum or a spare tyre feels the urge to wear one of those skirts, a friend should have a quiet word to persuade them that it would be an error of judgment.

To quote Skip: this is my opinion, you needn't agree!

It's nice to have a friendly debate now and again!

[Milfmog]

You missed a sentence there Ian - you didn't disagree that I had put myself off my lunch! And that was the bit I just put in for effect! I stand by the rest though. They just shouldn't be made in very large sizes. If anyone, male or female, who has a big bum or a spare tyre feels the urge to wear one of those skirts, a friend should have a quiet word to persuade them that it would be an error of judgment.

To quote Skip: this is my opinion, you needn't agree!

It's nice to have a friendly debate now and again!

I did not miss the sentence; it was your reaction, so I am not in a position to have an opinion on it

While I suspect your aesthetic views are not dissimilar to mine, I fundamentally disagree with the concept that anyone should decide what others may or may not wear. If we allowed others to decide what we should wear, we'd all be stuck in duotubes rather than comfortable in skirts. Freedom of expression for me is only of value if I allow others a similar freedom and I have to accept that if I grant others the freedom to do, say or wear what they choose, there will be occasions when I do not like the result. However, if they do me no harm, that is not a reason to restrict their freedom.

I seem to be turning into a liberal; wierd really, I used to be somewhat to the right of Genghis Kahn

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

[...] I fundamentally disagree with the concept that anyone should decide what others may or may not wear. If we allowed others to decide what we should wear, we'd all be stuck in duotubes rather than comfortable in skirts.

I will second Ian's observation in this regard. If we are to dictate to others what they might wear we are fully as bad as those who would dictate to us that skirts must not be worn by men. Equality in the biological world is as transitive as it is in the mathematical world -- if A equals B then B equals A. Let's not fall into the trap of trying to warp that axiom.

[... Certain garments] just shouldn't be made in very large sizes. If anyone, male or female, who has a big bum or a spare tyre feels the urge to wear one of those skirts, a friend should have a quiet word to persuade them that it would be an error of judgment.

The problem here is that we're on the "slippery slope" of defining what constitutes a "large size". One individual's "large size" may be anything larger than a size 2 (or 0, at the extreme), and another's perhaps anything larger than a 16 (or insert other random number here). In this regard, we've all had our minds warped somewhat by the Fashion Industry which has been pushing the waif/anorexic for the past several decades -- and we'd best stay away from that. Marilyn Monroe, if memory serves, wore a size 16 -- a real 16, not the "vanity size" of today's 16 -- and she was considered extraordinarily beautiful. By today's standards she'd be hopelessly fat and unable to get a job in film or modelling! So, let's not fall into the trap that's been well set for us.

As an aside, I'd be perfectly happy to see an outright ban on the production of denim, or at least a steep tax (say, $75 per yard) on the stuff to discourage its use. However, that'd put me into the position of dictator (OK, benevolent dictator ) and that's not where I want to be. Freedom, recall, implicitly gives one the right to make an utter fool of himself; it removes the safety-net of absolute conformity to the current prevailing "standard". Have I committed the occasional gaffe in putting something together? Of course I have. Would I have it any other way? Absolutely not!