The reality is that men in skirts, especially in the western world, just aren't that common, so naturally some people will be surprised when they see it. lol I know my mum was definitely surprised when she finally noticed.Andy_G wrote:Well, first thing to say is people DO notice. No nasty comments or anything like that, but everyone that noticed looked long and hard. It was obvious that once they noticed they also talked to who they were with about what they saw. The people that didn’t look surprised were the people that didn’t see. When I’m in a kilt, nobody bats an eyelid but I was aware of being much more of an outlier. It seems that the world at large doesn’t really seem ready for mean wearing skirts yet, no matter how polite they might be to your face. Those that talk positively about it I can’t say are representative of the general population as they seem to be a self selected sample.
It wasn’t an unpleasant experience, and I’ll probably do it again. However the reaction wasn’t quite as muted as I’d expected.
Honestly, I wouldn't be worried about someone who notices and starts talking to someone else about it. Being vision impaired, I can't see when this happens, but I went through a similar experience with my mum when she realized I was wearing a skirt because she was talking on the phone at the time. After she finished asking me about it, I heard her talking quite animatedly about the fact I was wearing a skirt as I was walking away, and she's cool with it.
Another experience I had involved a local shopkeeper. She had actually noticed my skirt on my first time out but didn't comment until I brought it up the next time. She was saying that I could set a new trend in the area, and I pointed out that I wasn't the first man to wear a skirt. As I walked out of the shop, it sounded like she was talking positively about men in skirts to the next customer.
My point is, if people are talking about you as you're walking away, it's only because a man in a skirt is still such a novel concept and it isn't necessarily a bad thing.