My technical name for the problem: gender-based textile conformation confusion
Stereotypical Presentations (as cultural misconceptions):
- Skirts and dresses are for women
- Men in skirts aren't tolerated in the workplace
- Straight men in skirts are gender confused
Primary Symptom: Lack of clothing options for the male sex resulting in prodigious clothing-related limitations and health issues
Epidemiology: Widespread across European and Western cultures with many notable exceptions.
Cure: Wear a skirt proudly and smartly. Tell others about the benefits. Fight cultural anachronism.
Health and Societal Benefits:
There are a number of benefits of remission or cure of this cultural anachronism:
- Less constricted movement
- Easier toilet training for toddlers
- Ease of access overall
- No more bulging male parts in pants
- Fewer male fungal and related body-odor problems
- Easier to design and less expensive clothing
- Ready availability of male styled skirts and dresses
- Reclaim a lost freedom
- Demonstrate gender equality
- Diminish artificial gender differences
Textile Conformation Confusion is an artifact of culture. Proof can be found in the numerous non-bifurcated textile conformations worn by men in other cultures, namely:
- Scottish & Irish kilt
- Southeast Asian lungi, dhoti, sarong, and related garments
- Pacific lava-lava
- North African djellaba
- Arab jellabiya
- Persian kaftan
- African kanga
- Religious dress
- Emo & Punk subculture
- many, many others
Some links:
- Men's skirts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Lakeland Ledger - For total secual equality -- skirts for men
- Skirts And Dresses Men Can Wear In Public
- Why Men Should Wear Skirts
- Men in Skirts, Men in Kilts
- Suppliers of Kilts and Other MUGs
- Macabi Skirt
Some definitions:
- bifurcation: to split
- conformation: an arrangement
- anachronism: something misplaced in history; occurring at the wrong time
- cultural artifact: a consequence (thing, idea, practice) which represents an arbitrary choice by a particular culture
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