Quote Originally Posted by Cassidy View Post
I never really understood this line of thinking. I've met some girls who just insisted they didn't like kilts, although perhaps it may have just been that they were embarrassed by them. But for someone to just genuinely not like them, for no particular reason, baffles me a bit.

I'll say this as well. If someone is truly and honestly offended at the suggestion that a career can be considered masculine, I really feel quite bad for them, as they must feel offended quite a lot of the time. We're here on a forum reclaiming the most masculine garment of all- perhaps this is not the place to suggest that all things are exactly suited for all genders.
I agree. There are, weather we like it or not, some occupations that carry a gender specific stigma. The neon blowers where I work, for example, think it's extremely odd that they have a woman on their crew. Women just don't bend neon, or work construction, etc etc. Is it right that this thinking exists? I won't say. But the fact remains that this kind of attitude does in fact exist, and there is no better way to discuss than to discuss it honestly, weather that honesty hurts someone's delicate sensibilities or not.