New Forum Idea: So He Wants to Wear the Kilt

[Dreadbelly]

Shay,
Aside from (some) employers, nobody has the right to deny a guy the right to wear a kilt.

We do not need to convince others in our lives to accept kilts; we need to convince those wavering men in kilts that they must stand by their own choices, that they must wear their kilts when and where they choose, that they are men!

Those men that can't be convinced will wear pants. Not all men are cut out for kilts.

This is true on so many levels. Some men are just not up for the challenge of wearing a kilt. When I stated this before, I got flamed by several people here. You know who you are. (At the moment, I don't remember who you are) I got raked over the coals for saying pretty much the same thing that Bear just said and I got lectured.

And I don't see anybody raking Bear over the coals for stating the painful and obvious truth.

For some men, no matter what we say, or what we say to their wives, nothing is going to do them any good.

It is a bloody crime to be MASCULINE. Men are expected to shave off their gender and age identifying characteristics, their facial hair. Expected to dress and behave a certain way. Men are belittled and put down for being men, men who stand out and DO THEIR OWN THING. A woman is expected, hell, required to flaunt her gender in this world to make something of her self... But men must make themselves fit in to a cookie cutter mold. Off goes the beard. Hair must be clipped short. Don't stand out. Don't be different. Be a cog or a gear in the machine just like everybody else. Wear your uniform and fit in or you WILL be punished.

Some men don't have what it takes to deal with this sort of pressure.

Sorry. Had to speak my piece. I believe I kept it civilised. But what Bear said hit a nerve and I could not contain my self. I HAD to say something.

[Archangel]

Men are expected to shave off their gender and age identifying characteristics, their facial hair. Expected to dress and behave a certain way. Men are belittled and put down for being men, men who stand out and DO THEIR OWN THING. A woman is expected, hell, required to flaunt her gender in this world to make something of her self... But men must make themselves fit in to a cookie cutter mold. Off goes the beard. Hair must be clipped short. Don't stand out. Don't be different. Be a cog or a gear in the machine just like everybody else. Wear your uniform and fit in or you WILL be punished.

Some men don't have what it takes to deal with this sort of pressure.

hey Dread, check out this picture (hope it works): http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/tomswebpow2.jpg

Best version, only one I could find right now. They're all cookie cutter in uniform. Look at their faces. See the fight. They're all POWs behind German lines. You know the Germans are standing well back and nowhere near them when the lights go out. Remember, it's what's inside that counts, you're always going to be outnumbered, outgunned: then what?

Some people are going to need help with this, we should be there.