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Throw away those shorts
Hi grls
I have been researching men wearing skirts, it is suprising the ground swell that is occuring and the acceptance of men in skirts. The thought occured to me like in most parts of GLBT history why do’nt we as a community start to take the lead in this??? Perhaps we should have a men for skirts day and like our lady friends of the 60’s burn our shorts LOL but seriously perhaps we should have a day when we all wear skirts and then post the reactions that we recieved from the general public? Any one else got any thoughts on this?
cheers
Rhi
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😥 While there are a lot of us who willingly go out dressed, there is a larger number who do not. I beloive if you went to your normal workplace wearing a skirt the majority would be heckled and made outcasts. I for one would not participate. Now if we has a men in stocking day, well no one would know, but it would still make me feel good all day.
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hi girls.there is already a man in the northern suburbs of perth wearing
skirts in public instead of trousers.he was recently featured on tv,and
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Hi Girls
There was also the teenager (I think in VIC) who has actually won the right to wear a skirt to school…it was also on TV a couple of months ago as a feature story. We have a local guy here who wears a long skirt in the street but normal appearance otherwise. I guess that would fall under the category of “ethnic” as he is not actually trying to look like a woman. Wearing just a skirt, to me, wouldn’t be considered a “dressed” unless you do a total makeover to compliment the skirt. I don’t think I would feel comfortable in a Male T-Shirt, skirt and sneakers..somehow the balance would feel wrong. A blouse, skirt and heels would feel right but not a mix ‘n match of female/male garments….Comments???? -
There is nothing I would love more than to be able to head off to work each morning in a skirt (and stockings, heels etc), but unfortunately I could only do it once – the last day before I moved interstate and started a new life!
I do still like to dream about it though! -
And that is exactly what I meant. Well said. There would be zero tolerance at my workplace. But as you can see from my previous post, I do have a little secret enjoyment.
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I think it’s more to do with the fact that one would be attempting to “imitate” a woman rather than just the clothing aspect. Put on a tartan skirt with a white shirt and people will immediate look at you as a good looking scotsman rather than a crossdresser. A large majority of people originating from SE Asia wear gowns etc etc and are not even looked at as “weird”. Unfortunately the public acceptance level is limited to traditional garments whether they are a man or a woman. I would love to try to see if people would notice you if you wore trousers and a plain skirt over the top…they would more than likely accept it because you would still look like a bloke. The moment you try to imitate something you are not, it causes an upset. Just for the record my “better-half” thinks that crossdressing is a direct insult to woman (heaven knows why???). However she still supports me so for now it’s restricted to Chameleons meetings where I can strut my stuff and know I will never be looked down upon. Alas, I think the “skirt to work” is going to remain a pipe dream for some while yet!!!
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Rhiannon,
I’m going to be a bit of a wet blanket on this one though I can understand the motives.
Firstly I can’t see how supporting ‘men in skirts’ furthers the tranny/cd cause when, from what I gather, they go out of there way to distance themselves from trannies and crossdressers.
Secondly for me walking around in male mode in a skirt would be pretty awful – in fact I can’t think of anything worse. I have never seen myself as some crusader for equal fashion rights – or even a crusader for removing the great gender divide. In fact I’m very happy with the gender divide and I like hopping over it. I want to look like a woman – not a man in a skirt.
Fiona xx
