Grok wrote:Something about X Marks the Scot bothered me. Yes, it was sterile and dry. Then I noticed that the moderators immediately shut down a thread about other types of MUGs. (Male Unbifurcated Garments). I concluded that X Marks was too rigid for my taste.
I put that in google and skimmed over the site. I can see the theme is very much for the kilt. I also understand there is a sub-forum here on skirtcafe for kilt wearing. You may note that I don't often post in that board as I do not have any kilts, nor am I frankly interesting in acquiring one. As for X Marks the Scot, I'd fit in there about like a square peg in a round hole. And that's fine, I have no prejudice against kilt wearers or men who avoid anything dressy of feminine. It's their choice to wear what they want. My personal
opinion is that I generally don't care for the style of a kilt. It's nothing personal, it's just not my thing. I feel the same way about pencil skirts, I generally don't find them flattering on most people I see. But, again, that's just
my opinion and preference. Far be it for me to judge others for what they do, you just won't likely catch me in either one. I'm also not a big fan of boots, cowboy hats, big belt buckles, "sissy" outfits, sagging pants, very baggy clothes, coveralls, and I detest baseball caps [0]. But hey... it's free country, people can wear what they want.
Men will casually wear a kilt but not a dress (to tie these two discussions together) because kilts are accepted men's wear and dresses are not. Many who would wear a kilt still view dresses as too feminine, despite the robes, caftans, tunics, and other such garments that have been worn by men through history.
It takes a lot for a man to wear a dress. Two conditions must first be met:
1) He must actually
desire to wear a dress, and
2) He must muster up the
courage to actually do so.
Most men, even many here it seems do not even pass step one, of those who do, most get hung up on step 2.
As for me, I still find myself challenged to wear a dress, especially if I haven't worn one in a while. The ace is my pocket is my desire to express myself. I'm not one of these guys that gets hung up on the whole "masculine" thing. I'm my own man, and I'm not ashamed to say I have feminine characteristics. It's not a dirty word after all, it doesn't make me a pervert, or a sissy. I just cherish the feminine side of me along with the masculine and am not ashamed to express either one.
The right dress does indeed make me feel beautiful and elegant. That's what I like about them, and I don't think that diminishes my manhood. Beauty gives life it's spice and grace. When I walk to the top of a high mountain on a clear spring day and cast my eyes over the vastness of the valleys down below, smell the breeze of the spring flowers as it makes its way up and over the mountain, observe the clouds as they are just a little closer now then they were when I was down below. The way it flutters the fullness of the dress behind me, the feeling of natures breath across my bare skin. Slowly breathing through my nose to sample every bit of Mother Natures wonder and listen to her speak through the rustling of the trees. "Handsome" isn't exactly an adjective that comes to mind on those days....
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Absolute beauty, unspeakable peace and solace, but above all, just the awe inspiring beauty of the world, the universe, and life is all that comes to mind.
I am not ashamed to carry a piece of that in my soul, and express it as I see fit. If that makes me a "sissy lady-boy"... then so be it...
[0] Baseball caps are damned near impossible to avoid here in the states. They are basically considered "
THE American hat", going long before the ever so popular "MAGA" hats, but stretching all the way back to I suppose the late 60's into the 70's and beyond, with the working class, "truckers", service men, etc etc. Sometimes I have to wear a hat in certain establishments I work in, and company policy is we wear the "branded" baseball cap.
Again, I detest the things. Why oh why can't the fedora come into style for the blue collar worker?.... Baseball caps just make people look like they're about to graduate the 8th grade...
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