Crazy(?) Skirted Guy

[Jock]

I must admit, I too have the idea that some how women seem to be better suited to different temperatures than men. They are very often bare legged, ( pantys do wonders) and bare armed, when men are still wearing long trousers and probably jumpers / jackets or at least long sleeved shirts.

Dinnae believe it. Since women started wearing troosers they seem totally disinclined to bare their legs. When men are in shorts women are still in jeans or long pants. Latest sighting- women in shorts but over thick black tights I also see plenty o guys on a cold Saturday night in short sleeved shirts (hey - me macho man)

As regards the pink dressed guy - I still can't decide if changes are better in small steps or by a quantum leap.History supports both!

[skirts4me]

To be honest, sometimes I find even our initial visceral reactions to something different unsettling. Here we are, happily bending fashion rules as we see fit, but if somebody else does, and it doesn't follow the same "curve" as the way we're bending things, we poke fun or disapprove. That's not particularly charitable, is it?

Can't speak for everyone but I feel there'd be a fairly widespread feeling that a guy wearing something as confronting (to others) as this guy was would not help the cause of our movement to gain fashion freedom, because if it generates any reaction it's likely to be a negative one when we're trying our hardest to encourage our SOs to be supportive. Most people I have to deal with admit to having some picture of me wearing pink frills, wigs and make-up (or the like) only to realise that I dress nothing like that.

Whereas it really doesn't bother me personally if someone wears a really outlandish outfit if it undermines the effort to get that freedom recognised and established for all of us then it is counter-productive for this movement.

[Departed Member]

Most people I have to deal with admit to having some picture of me wearing pink frills, wigs and make-up (or the like) only to realise that I dress nothing like that.

Yeah, I can identify with that! Both my sister-in-law and my wife's best friend both said they were expecting something similar (media inspired 'boxing'?), but were both relieved and surprised that is what I said it would be - just a simple 'swap' from tr*users to skirt. The wbf reckons its actually a more 'macho' look (much to my surprise, as I have a zero ego!).

Whereas it really doesn't bother me personally if someone wears a really outlandish outfit if it undermines the effort to get that freedom recognised and established for all of us then it is counter-productive for this movement.

I'm with you 100% on this (sorry, those of you who are 'femme' or androgeny fans, nothing personal). I feel that too few are trying to push 'boundaries' too far, too fast. My other half would go spare if she saw what some folk here wear (even if I regard them as perfectly OK) - and she's reasonably broad-minded to the point of, "Well, if I saw others wearing what you (I)wear (at home), then perhaps I wouldn't be so concerned."

[Skirt Chaser]

Whereas it really doesn't bother me personally if someone wears a really outlandish outfit if it undermines the effort to get that freedom recognised and established for all of us then it is counter-productive for this movement.

On the other hand when there are people dressing more "out there" than the guy in a mere skirt then the skirted guy starts looking tame by comparison. My take on it is similar to Bob's "Totally made my day, of course!" reaction. I think we should give the average person credit that they can handle something outlandish on the street without being bothered by it. The idea that little introductions to alternative fashion choices are easier to accept than big ones is not necessarily true. The part I don't like with that idea is that it means the people who want to push bigger boundaries have to wait their turn which may never come in their lifetime and is something they shouldn't have to do anyway. People don't owe others say over how far their dress sense should be from the norm, especially for the benefit of a movement which seems to advance more from people out there just going about their business skirted than trying to win people over to their way of thinking through policy changes.