This article presents the results of a study that shows that almost half of all men regularly wear women’s fashion. It also discusses some of the reasons they do as well as which age groups do it the most.
Study reveals that 2 in 5 men regularly wear women’s fashion – Wellbeing Magazine
41 per cent of men regularly include clothing designed for women into their wardrobes, a new study of 2,000 men has found.
https://wellbeingmagazine.com/study-reveals-that-2-in-5-men-regularly-wear-womens-fashion/
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That’s a bit old (2016 survey). Unfortunate perhaps that the survey was focused on (and funded by) a full cross-dressing vendor, as the focus here has always been on normalizing skirts and such garb for men who are not trying to pass as women. Still interesting is the comparison between Brit and US gender identification: both fascinating and unsurprising. Thanks.
I have to agree with you. As a scientist, my BS monitor went up when they didn’t actually link to the study. And yes, the fact it was a study commissioned by a cross dressing store is likely adding a lot of bias as evidence by 15% buying for drag.
That said, it begs the question of how honest men would be. By far, the most common reaction I get from men when I wear a kilt/kilt like skirt is “I wish I had the courage to wear one”. Which is crazy because for the gender that’s supposed to be so tough, we wuss out when it comes to the strips of cloth we cover ourselves with.
So unless you’ve already gone down the rabbit hole of openly wearing anything from the women’s aisles, I fear a man wouldn’t even answer an anonymous questionnaire honestly.
I also think many men haven’t even given it a moments thought. Which isn’t necessarily an indictment of gender norms but more it’s just isnt something we tend to think about when it was never an option. Like I can say I’ve never thought about wearing a bra cause I’ve never had the need to and it’s not like they’re otherwise functional to men.
All of this is to say how important it is for us to go out and confidently wear skirts as men. There’s no label for guys who wear skirts as guys because it’s never been a “thing”. It’s starting to, but I think most people haven’t seen a man wearing a skirt as a man that wasn’t a joke or a costume. And they need to.
I harbor no fantasy that most men will start wearing a skirt in my lifetime. Given the comfort level of a skirt versus pants, I believe they should but I also know the power of the man card. But I’d make a bet that the men who do wear skirts won’t be a novelty in ten years.
Well, some of the results might actually be more realistic today than 8 years ago, still, I can’t tell whether British males are so open to this stuff. If so, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be that wild to see guy in skirt and/or tights there.
It’s so stupid that you have to invent that many workaround to just say that you like something, that according to society, you shouldn’t like – and this isn’t any crime or real danger towards the others, possibly only danger for their “gustibus”.
I totally agree with Greg, men just don’t ask a question about wearing “female clothes” – like trousers and shorts are simply “glued” to them for the rest of eternity in western culture and you don’t talk about any alternative just like you don’t talk about the Fight Club.
And yeah, we all here are on a unwritten mission of normalizing skirts for guys, simply because it should not be considered as “not normal”, and today the brave ones can be in serious danger (in various societies) for such a plain simple thing as clothes you wear.