why do men wear trousers and women, skirts?

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I mean, physically speaking it would be more comfortable for either party the other way round? What is the cultural and historical significance of this?

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

think about tenting and sundresses.
it's not a pretty sight and I will say no more.

― Huckadelia (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

obligatory man in kilt:

http://www.highlandhire.com/kilt-argyll.jpg

― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I'm going to start wearing skirts, or sarongs or whatever, this summer.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

kilts are heavy so tenting is not an issue.

― Huckadelia (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

A colleague is giving a group presentation in a week and she managed to get one of her co-presenters to sign a beer mat swearing he would wear a skirt for it. I will report his findings.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SKIRT?????

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, as a man, I resent the implication that I wear women.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

obligatory Martina Navratilova photo

http://martina.globalweb.it/images/photos/fotogallery33.jpg

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

please don't pick on my grammar - i'm very conscious of it right now.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Cos women don't shrink in the cold.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Ease of urination? Men can just use the zipper, women can hike up their skirts. Et voila.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always thought this. In 10 years we'll all be wearing skirts.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Tiny bollocks.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The first time a man puts on a skirt in winter, they will be banned.

(haha xpost!)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"I've always thought this. In 10 years we'll all be wearing skirts."
i certainly hope so. i love wearing skirts but can never get away with it.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

The first time a man puts on a skirt in winter, they will be banned.

You'd be surprised how warm and cosy long skirts can be.

Fun things to do if you're bored in Scotland: try to persuade a Scotsman that a kilt is indeed a type of skirt. Be careful *where* you try it, though, in case you get punched.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/gallery_new/rivendell/riv_clsrdv_6l_400.jpg

"This is a MAN's bike. This bar is where you split your balls open. A woman's bike doesn't have this ball-buster... why?"

― andy, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

You'd be surprised how warm and cosy long skirts can be.

So would my wife! (The fact that she's Southern and living in MA may have something to do with her hatred of wearing skirts in the wintertime.)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose it all depends on the weight of the skirt and the gustiness of the wind!

― Huckadelia (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i think the question for all us real forward-thinking men then is OPAQUE OR TRANSLUCENT TIGHTS?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Fishnet, for fukc's sake steve. (rolls eyes)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

not too tarty?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

women wearing skirts: easy access

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

you want a real answer? erm, i have tired wrists (don't ask). but the gist is:
14-18th cent. Class-based difference. Amongst wealthy, men matched (or outdid) women in decoration (wigs, frills, impractical shoes, makeup). More money spent on these things = higher status. Men wore short skirts with tights. Amongst workers, men and women wore tunic type outfits.
19th cent. With growing pervasiveness of Christianity, ideas of male & female roles became entrenched. Women = family, housebound. Men's jobs = more institutionalised. Rational work = matching dress (uniforms). Trousers and shirt = utilitarian (army, office, police, factory).
Reached peak between 1870 - 1950 when women = in public mostly "for show" (social outings), vs men for work.
Obvious there are huge gaps and holes, but rest assured, the answers are fairly basic social history, rather than practical...

― paulhw (paulhw), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

DOWN WITH PANTS! UP WITH SKIRTS!

― sucka (sucka), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

i quite enjoy wearing skirts but wearing pants is grebt, it means i can sit like a man with my legs wide open while not exposing myself.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

See, the "sitting with legs wide open, exposing myself" thing is the only reason I can think of for putting on a skirt. But then again, I'm me.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Quite a few of my male friends wear minis or sarong/long type skirts out clubbing, its reasonably normal in the goth scene, and I'm not talking trannie guys, this is totally straight guys. My old housemate looked bloody good in a PVC mini and fishnets, he has better legs than most girls I know.

If its done as a sort of punky, ripped tights, tatty tops deal it can work quite well.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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