Women and Kilt Wearing

[Jeremiah]

Why would a woman want to? Why not just buy a woman's skirt in whatever tartan they want?

[toadinakilt]

I agree with some of these other posts...a kilt on a woman looks like a skirt, unless she's piping or dancing, so I suppose I wouldn't mind it of they wore one...I just would have no clue that it was a kilt. Half the reason I wear the kilt is for the fact that it stands out in a crowd...but a woman in a kilt doesn't give cause for a second glance, unless it be a mini-kilt.

I'd sort of like the traditional kilts to remain definitively male...I don't think they'll ever become associated with both genders unless women start wearing them with a vengeance...I hope they don't...

I don't have any problem with women wearing UK's or others of that ilk. Go ahead says I.

[Shay]

Why would a woman want to? Why not just buy a woman's skirt in whatever tartan they want?

For the same reason others wear it- it's a symbol of pride in a Scottish/Celtic heritage and a hardworking, sturdy and comfortable garment.

[whiteravenJr.]

i don't think women belong in kilts that is what skirts are for if you want to wear a tartan skirt then do so but please do not wear a kilt as a skirt.

[Southern Breeze]

I think women wear kilts because they're jealous of all the attention we men get while wearing them.

[Kilted Stuart]

For me,
The kilt is made as a mans garment. I hate to say it but a woman in a real kilt looks sort of manly. I'm not sure they're a womanly garment. I don't think women in pipe and drum bands are nessisarily going for all out femininity, its the functional uniform of the unit. There wearing the kilt for the band and tartan they represent. They would look worse in tartan Trews in a band.

I do like a mini hip hugger in tartan. Even a slightly longer version. There more Fashion and feminine fun. There not a kilt in the true sence but allow a woman ( my wife included) to wear her family tartan but still look feminine.

I guess thats fair enough

Kilted Stuart

[kiltimabar]

I had to look up "Merkin" on line. Never heard of it before. Wish i hadn't
Cant stop laughing........R
Here it is...
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_232.html

And until I looked this up I thought "merkin" was Canadian slang for their southern neighbors, dating from the Lyndon Johnson days ("Ma fellow 'Merkins...").

My apologies for my ignorance--my history education certainly has vast gaps.

[bubba]

I really don't much care if a woman wears a kilt, and as for merkins, the less said the better.

[Rigged]

I guess I just can't understand the notion that kilts 'belong to men' and 'are not for women', especially when the reasons for that can't be explained better than 'just because'.

Because the notion doesn't work in reverse. Dresses and skirts designed for women aren't recognized by society as men's clothing because a man wears them. It sure would be nice if we had ONE article of clothing that was definitively male.

Since kilts are still mostly worn by men, maybe that's a good place to make a stand.

Some women who wear men's clothing ARE cross-dressing. I know some of them. Also, some women who wear men's clothing (including kilts) are doing it for the purpose of making sure us guys have nothing we can call our own. I know a couple of them too.

[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