Women and Kilt Wearing

[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.

[UmAnOnion]

Perhaps, we should all wear nothing. Then, no one would be concerned about which garment belongs to a woman or a man.

This idea gets my vote :grin:

[Jerry]

I think that some of the negativity to this idea comes from the fear that should women generally adopt the kilt as a female garment, then those males who wear them would come to be seen as crossdressers. It's sarcastic, of course, but you see a little of this in replies to the question ask, by ignorant people, of kilt wearing men (Why are you dressing like a woman?) The answer of course is, "if I wanted to dress like a woman I'd be wearing jeans". However, Shay makes the point that she tells people that "it is a men's kilt". I really see nothing wrong with that. She is not trying to "take over kilts" and make them women's wear. I did see a discussion on semantics of another board that I was on before I found XMARKS. I think it was Tom's. Anyhow, it was about skirts. The point was made, that if a man owns the skirt, it is still a women's skirt, but it becomes a man's skirt, i.e. belonging to that man. The same could be said of any kilt owned by a woman. It is a woman's kilt (belongs to that woman), but still a men's kilt.

[Richland]

This is a great topic. Many opinions are valid, from both sides.
Folks should avoid getting hot under the collar though...
Why dont I want women to adopt kilts? FEAR. honestly. Im afraid if it becomes fashonable for women to wear kilts it will become taboo for men.
This happens. Even some traditional highland dances which were trad performed by men are now typicaly performed by women. "In my Experience" I welcome any information to the contrary......

[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

[cavscout]

The way to protect the kilt from women is to tell them that the kilts make their butts look big :mrgreen:

[clancelt]

The way to protect the kilt from women is to tell them that the kilts make their butts look big :mrgreen:

LOL, great, so then they stop wearing the kilt and we all get cut off for weeks. I'm not willing to accept that as a fair trade :-(

[Planopiper]

This comes up in pipe bands all the time. As a general rule, the kilts don't look good on the female members and that’s because they aren't designed for a female figure. The construction of a kilt is intended to fit the male physique. Sometimes women have them altered to fit, but then they’re still wearing something designed for a man, but modified.

Kilt skirts are a different animal and are constructed differently.

The newer, cheaper, less structured kilt-like garments and kilt wannabes don’t have the same construction. That’s why many of them look, to me, sloppy on a man and can be worn by a woman without alteration.

Personally, I like the idea of a woman wearing a kilt skirt in the same tartan as her man’s kilt, but I have yet to see a woman who looked better in a real kilt than in some variation of a kilt skirt.

[KiltedKnight]

I've read these posts and I really can't believe what some are saying. A spouse or partner should be a compliment to their other half, it's not a contest but some make it so and that has been accepted by some. I can't accept it though. My wife is a compliment to me, what I lack in my life she has plenty of, I'm not much of a conversationalist but she is I'm not much in the looks department but she is. There is no contest between us and there never was. When I hear that someone's wife must have a Kilt if the husband is going to get a Kilt I can't see where that's anything but competition where there should be none. My wife knows her place, she never questioned it since before we married. Her place is at my side guideing me and supporting any decisions that I make and my place is paying heed to her suggestions
because I've learned that she is generally right. In other words, my wife navigates but I steer. My wife would never question the fact that a Kilt is a mans garment and that her kilted skirt opens to the left.
My wife is happy in her role in life and is happy to let men be men without trying to interfere with the nature of things. I myself have no problem doing the dishes and the laundry or cleaning the house when it's necessary. 21 years in the military showed me that I can take care of myself not only in a ruckus but also at the kitchen sink, today I am a truck driver and my wife is a radiologist so you know who has more brains and it's not me but in 18 years she's never made that an issue. I guess what I'm trying to say in my ramblings here is that if there is competition between men and women over a garment or anything then there is something very wrong.

Chris.

P.S. I am not afraid to say that my wife wears the pants in our family...but I take them off.