Quote Originally Posted by Catdad View Post
Why don't more men wear kilts? I would say probably because they think you have to be Scottish to do so. At least that could explain things here in the US.
That is a part of it. It is only, in my experience, a small part though. The biggest problem, here in the States, is that we live in a society that is still very much influenced by the Puritans. We also live in a very homophobic society. The kilt kinda looks like a skirt, and looks nothing at all like pants, so it therefore is effeminate. Men wear pants- peiod. I had a guy tell me that once. I looked at his rather attractive jean-wearing girlfriend and said "I'm sorry, sir- I mistook you for a woman!" She thought that was hilarious- the guy got just got red-faced mad and cursed at me as I walked away withy a grin on my face. The real problem is that we as a society in the States have a very closed minded attitude. If something doesn't fit in with our narrow minded view of what is socially acceptable, then it is a problem. Is there a good scientiffic, social, or psychological reason not to allow gay marriage for example? No, there is not. The reason gays are not allowed to marry is because one group of people wouldn't don't like it. There is this attitude about my way of doing things. My way is the right way. If you have a different way of doing things, then I have leave to force my views on you. (Oh yeah- and don't you dare try to force yours on me!) We have a fear of ridicule, we have a fear of breaking convention- because we have been conditioned to believe that the majority is correct. The Backstreet Boys sold 45 million copies of their last album- therefore, it is quality music. The Denver Symphony has never charted with their CD releases- this means that the Backstreet Boys album Millenium is better than the Mozart released by the symphony. We as a species need to be led, to be told what to do- it's much easier to be a part of the herd than to run with the pack. Personally, I see us as the pack- as I don't want us to become the herd. I like that not a lot of men have the stones to strap on a kilt. People who have the guts to buck the norm stand out, and those are the people I like to be around. How could I identify a rabble if everyone looked like us?