"...Second, I was at the library and a woman came up to me to say, 'I never thought a man could wear a skirt and make it look so masculine.'..."

Yeah. One nice fall evening, I wore my SportKilt Hunting to a high school football game. At some point, I had to stand up to let a woman get out of the aisle. She got to me and said, "Great skirt. I love it!" The best part was, as I sat back down, dumbfounded, a woman behind me that I didn't know but who had heard the "skirt" description said, to no one in particular, "Aye, lad, our ancestors killed the English for less than that." Made me feel better.