# Women skirts/Men Trousers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 15, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448 "2008-05-15T16:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/1 "2008-05-15T16:03:16Z")
Why don’t men wear skirts? If it’s OK for a woman to wear trousers then surely men should be free to wear skirts, equality and all that ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/2 "2008-05-15T16:06:37Z")
What’s stopping you? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/3 "2008-05-15T16:08:17Z")
[They do. They’re called kilts.](http://www.highlandstore.com/acatalog/fragmentPicKilts.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/4 "2008-05-15T16:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=tanstaafl] [They do. They’re called kilts.](http://www.highlandstore.com/acatalog/fragmentPicKilts.jpg) [/QUOTE] A kilt is not a skirt. **Gorilla Man** If you return the one I loaned you I would ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/5 "2008-05-15T16:20:25Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] A kilt is not a skirt [/QUOTE] I guess neither are the things that large Polynesian gentlemen wear on formal occasions. Then again, would _you_ tell a cranky Scotsman or a large Polynesian gentleman he’s wearing a skirt? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/6 "2008-05-15T16:21:18Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Then again, would _you_ tell a cranky Scotsman or a large Polynesian gentleman he’s wearing a skirt? 😃 [/QUOTE] Riker told Worf he looked good in one, so why not? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/7 "2008-05-15T16:24:29Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Riker told Worf he looked good in one, so why not? [/QUOTE] But Worf _knows… the… ways… of.. the… HU-mans.. and .. must… con-TAIN… his AN-ger_. Cranky Scotsmen, and large Polynesian gentlemen, not so much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/8 "2008-05-15T16:25:34Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] **Gorilla Man** If you return the one I loaned you I would [/QUOTE] Oops, sorry about that, will do. I loved wearing it, made me feel really girly - you certainly have good taste in skirts. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/9 "2008-05-15T16:29:41Z")
I’ve known a few guys that wear skirts (actual skirts, I’m not counting the kilt-wearers). Go for it, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/10 "2008-05-15T16:47:32Z")
Kilts are not skirts? I remember as a wee lad, playing with Star Wars people and G.I. Joes, how my dad would kid me by calling them dolls. They’re not dolls!!! They’re army men, they’re toys, they’re figures… _They’re not dolls_!!! I believe this may be something of a universal truth for young men-children. Or am I wrong, and kilts really aren’t skirts? Skorts, perhaps? Rhythm ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/11 "2008-05-15T16:48:19Z")
You mean aside from the kilt, the [dhoti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoti) , the [lungi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungi), the [sarong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarong), the [kaftan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caftan) the [djellaba](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djellaba) the [kikoi](http://www.fabricafrica.com/kikoi.htm) the [pareo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareo) the [sulu](http://www.tallshipstales.de/90s/imgs/EricMatson/Tikopia-dressing.jpg) the [galabeya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galabeya) and all the others posted on [this page?](http://www.kiltmen.com/world.htm) Gee, I dunno why. 😃 (My husband and all my male friends wear skirts when we’re at festivals. They say they’re very comfortable.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/12 "2008-05-15T16:53:11Z")
_Cranky_ Scots? I beg to differ. We’re _dour_. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/13 "2008-05-15T17:00:51Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Oops, sorry about that, will do. I loved wearing it, made me feel really girly - you certainly have good taste in skirts. [/QUOTE] Yes I know I have. I especially like the off the shoulder job in pink satin with matching peep-hole bra and open crotch panties in purple. The panties really compliment the colour of my hooter. errr, before anyone of you get the wrong idea this is a joke, I much prefer the backless dress ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/14 "2008-05-15T22:13:12Z")
There’re also [these](http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/03/28/shd_morocco_wideweb__430x276,0.jpg)rockin’ [miniskirts](http://media.movieweb.com/gallery/569/02.jpg) worn in **Alexander** and **Troy**. A man’s best feature is often his legs. More miniskirts, please. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/15 "2008-05-15T23:05:59Z")
Ancient Roman men all wore skirts ([tunics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic)), of course. As an odd twist, when the Romans first encountered northeners wearing pants (braccae), they thought them to be effeminate (according to [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braccae)). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/16 "2008-05-15T23:18:14Z")
Since Roman women weren’t wearing pants, I assume that the original ‘effeminate’ was something along the lines of ‘those wussies can’t take the cold’. Or was anything odd considered effeminate? ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/17 "2008-05-15T23:18:51Z")
My friend Breezy Wagginballs wears skirts all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/18 "2008-05-15T23:21:46Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] A kilt is not a skirt. [/QUOTE] [Is too](http://www.answers.com/kilt&r=67). ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/19 "2008-05-15T23:26:41Z")
I sometimes wear skirts, just around town and every day kinds of activities. The Wal-Mart dress code actually doesn’t make a distinction between male and female attire, but I got busted for trying to wear a skirt and store management put a stop to it. I typically wear them with polo shirts (or something else that shows off my manly hairy chest. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448/20 "2008-05-15T23:49:06Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Yes I know I have. I especially like the off the shoulder job inpink satin with matching peep-hole bra and open crotch panties in purple. [/quote] My knowledge of female fashions is by no means comprehensive but I don’t think you can buy skirts ‘off the shoulder’. You must have bought a dress by mistake. > [@](#): > > The panties really compliment the colour of my hooter. And therein lies the problem. The current range of mens’ underwear, and I’m speaking in wild generalities here, fails to do justice to the skirt. Especially a short skirt. Boxer shorts, for example, are not especially pleasing to the eye should the gentle force of a capricious breeze suddenly expose them to passers-by who are innocently going about their daily routine. Furthermore, if a skirt-clad male should perch suggestively on the edge of my desk at work, I personally would not be aroused by a glimpse of Adidas above the visitor’s thighs. It is therefore clear that a more alluring style of underwear must be adopted by the aspiring male before the wearing of a skirt can even be considered. Now we begin to descend inexorably down the slippery slope, because I foresee more exotic panties, worn to match one’s nose or not as the case may be, followed by the employment of the depilatory techniques much favoured by porn stars and some Conservative MPs. After all, nobody wants to see a literal forest of pubic hair peeping unpleasantly out of the finest pair of knickers currently available from Victoria’s Secret. The next male ‘must have’ will doubtless be botoxed thighs, so it’s pretty easy to see where all this is going to end up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-skirts-men-trousers/449448.md?page=2)