"My Son Loves Wearing Dresses"

[Stu]

"Meet Rachel, 36. She shares how her son’s love for dresses opened her eyes to the meaning of parenting."

“I never thought twice about my son’s clothes—until he started choosing dresses. I assumed it was a phase, just an innocent curiosity. But when he kept reaching for the sparkly skirts and twirling in front of the mirror with pure joy, I realized this wasn’t about dress-up. It was about self-expression."

https://www.bolde.com/my-son-loves-wear ... aching-me/

[STEVIE]

All parents could do well to read and think about this.
It applies to all kids and clothes are just a part of it.
Nice share, Stu.
Steve.

[DrFishnets]

I really enjoyed reading that article. A lot of what I’ve read is true of me. Though I’m not a child now but an adult I feel that since wearing skirts, dresses and tights it’s made me a lot happier about myself and boosted confidence in me which didn’t exist before. I think all this rules that I was getting from an early age of what I can and cannot wear caused a lot of anxiety and depressing which got worse the older I got. I still get nervous sometimes of what other people think but the older I’ve got I don’t give a damn what they think anymore. Life is too short.

Anyway, I’ve bookmarked the article as it’s a very interesting read.

[jamie001]

Very good article that everyone should read. The world would be a better place and eventually we can eliminate [rad-fem hate-speech redacted].

Jamie
Fashion Freedom for Men!!

[Mouse]

The article is really interesting and you start to analyse how you have done with your own children. I am conflicted about how you navigate other children's influences in the school playground and I would be interested in follow up articles documenting the child through the school years.

[GerdG]

In kindergartens where two of my grandchildren have been, there were two boys (not at the same time) who would wear dresses every day. It was neither a problem for them, nor it was for the other children or their parents.

[Seb]

I agree, that was a good article.

Now, I only have a daughter but I've always let her pick out her own clothes. Only time I would say something is when she matched up something wildly inappropriate, like using a short tunic as a dress. My wife has a lot more opinions on how she dresses though.

Then there is the problem with if you have only boys, or the boys are the oldest, your not likely to have any dresses at home for them to try on and odds are, by the time they are old enough to help pick out their own clothes, they are not going to want to pick from the girls side of the store (which is a good reason to why clothes for kids should be sorted by age and not gender).

[Barleymower]

It is a good article and I would like to see more of the attitude expressed here.
Realisticaĺy though how many families take this attitude. 5%? It will take a few generations to turn 5% into 50% which is where we need to be.

[Modoc]

Thanks Stu. This is a great article.

[Faldaguy]

It is a good article and I would like to see more of the attitude expressed here.
Realisticaĺy though how many families take this attitude. 5%? It will take a few generations to turn 5% into 50% which is where we need to be.

Actually it is a lot easier than that. Social Change studies suggest that it takes as little as 3-6% of a population to adopt and effect changes. Think of the impacts made by a small percentage during the Civil Rights marches; Vietnam protests, the Tea party or Gandhi's salt march. Mind you 3% of men in skirts would be a large number -- but that might be all it takes to get to the tipping point.

[Seb]

If we got to 3%, that would mean that most people world see at least one MiS per day. I think even 1% would do the trick.

[Modoc]

The numbers can be deceiving. MIS by any name is fairly common in many parts of the world. It's just that most people don't see it daily here in the West.

[STEVIE]

MIS by any name is fairly common in many parts of the world.

Now we play the numbers game.
Sorry Modoc, but "MIS by any name" is the key and it is misleading.
In all the countries, like Scotland and India where non trouser garments are accepted, they are not skirts in the sense of womenswear skirts.
I'm a Scot, I live in the "Land of the Men in Skirts", my brand of skirt is no more acceptable here than it would be in any other western country.
Going back to the thread,

he kept reaching for the sparkly skirts and twirling in front of the mirror with pure joy, I realized this wasn’t about dress-up. It was about self-expression."

Parent who encourage and boys who have the inclination, they are the hope for MIS.
We can only hope.
Steve.

[TheSkirtedMan]

Good article. Beyond many in Society, but I meet a lot who are very understanding that a man in a skirt is a man, just as women now in trousers are women.

[Grok]

Sorry Modoc, but "MIS by any name" is the key and it is misleading.
In all the countries, like Scotland and India where non trouser garments are accepted, they are not skirts in the sense of womenswear skirts.
I'm a Scot, I live in the "Land of the Men in Skirts", my brand of skirt is no more acceptable here than it would be in any other western country.

Not an expert regarding non-Western clothing, but aren't the men limited to certain designs that are deemed mens wear?