Women and Kilt Wearing

[Oldpagan]

Ok, opinions are like a$$holes and I am going to air mine. First let me say that this is not directed at anyone or number of folks on this forum, just the idea or concept that is being discussed.

The idea that a Kilt becomes a skirt when a woman puts it on is not only sexist bunk, but also just plain ignorant. A Kilt is a Kilt regardless as to who is wearing it. I really like this forum, and have learned a lot from it. I enjoy the fact that folks from all over the globe post and share ideas and information here. Yet when I read this kind of crap it sickens me to no end. If you’re a man, and man enough to stand the trials and tribulations of wearing a kilt in our homophobic society, why is your masculinity so fragile that a woman in a Kilt threatens it?

I own a number of kilts, from trads to neo’s; my wife also owns a number of neo’s and looks damn good in them. She in no way looks “mannish” in them and would kick your *** if you were stupid enough to make such a sexist remark to her. Yeah I am a little hot under the collar concerning this issue. I have spent a couple of decades fighting the patriarchal mindset that woman are lesser beings and should know their place.

This is not the first time this subject has come up, and I am sure it’ll come up again. If I am still here on this forum I’ll freak out about it again as well. If the owner / moderators wish me to leave then I’ll go. I’ll just not stand by and condone such by default by remaining quiet about it.

I am going to go and buy another a kilt, and another one for my wife as well!

Oldpagan

[James]

I'd been going to add my bit, but Old Pagan got in first.

It is the wearer not the garment that defines masculinity and or femininity.

Too and this must appear harsh, as someone brought up to wear the kilt, and having worn it for more years than most: all too often the garments that are described/pictured on this forum do not conform to what many would see as a kilt.

Therefore honesty suggests that the kilt word is all too often a shield that defends a way of dressing, and the wearers masculinity. That leads to the idea that a woman wearing a kilt, breaches that shield; and so is a threat to a chaps masculinity-for he can no longer claim to be wearing an entirely male garment.

Well that is the reality-for what is male and what is female-think here of women in trousers-they are not seen as anything but female. The same should be seen of men who wear kilts or whatever-it is the man-not the garment that defines masculinity.

Now to turn the argument on its head-does a woman wearing trousers feel threatened by a man in trousers-I think not.

Turn it back again, and I'd suggest that any real man wearing a kilt-or dare I say it skirt: should not feel threatened by a woman dressed in a similar garment.

So forget what women are wearing and be proud and masculine enough to dress as you please and earn the respect that your masculinity and appearance deserve.

A last word being to both men and women-get a mirror.

James

[Pleater]

Trying to resist the visualisation, and failing.

Me in a mini kilt?

Hippo in a tutu?



I think I'll stick to the whole two feet and a nice sturdy cotton kilt liner.

[Kilteado]

Me in a mini kilt?

Well, maybe everyone has a body shaped for different kinds of clothes, not depending on the gender itself.

I would not like thinking of my mother-in-law in a miniskirt, either, and she is a woman and socially she could wear it... if she could ever find her size.

[mbhandy]

I am pretty much with James & Old Pagan. I have no problem with the female gender wearing a tartan (call it what you may) ? As long as they follow Ron's girl friend and keep it traditional with a Merkin.

MrBill

[Rob Wright]

It's not that big of a deal to me, in part because the majority of women will wear a womans' skirt, the number of women who would wear a man's kilt is extremely small, especially since there are alternatives that make them look even sexier than if they wore a man's kilt.

Rob

[Blu (Ontario)]

The high cost of genuine kilts alone would surely dissuade many women from wearing them.