I’m a college lecturer, ok? so I’m “smart”. big deal!

Costume is powerful. Its more than just something to wear.
A woman in a skirt or dress looks feminnine. There’s something almost mystical about that.
Skirts make me stop and think. “She’s a lady, not just a female clone trying to act like a man, or imitating a man.

“oh” some women say. “pants are more practical”.
Sure they are. But you lose something.
“But”, some women will say. “My job requires body positions that skirts interfere with.”
Really? Pioneer women WALKED (not rode) alongside covered wagons going out west. And they wore skirts. They had identity as women (distinct from men) Queen Elizabeth (the first) wore
gowns….not pants. She was powerful.

And if skirts make your job more difficult there’s a feminine alternative: Long pands sewn with wide legs….in silky fabrics and soft colors….and almost as feminine as a skirt.

Of course, if you’re a woman who only cares about the masculine value of “efficiency at all costs”, if you don’t cherish your feminine power,as a woman; not a clone of men…..then by all means, keep wearing those pant suits.

Fred Bear

I have heard the inverted triangle analogy before and find a lot of merit to it. I’m surprised, and glad that Mary Kay was willing to make such a bold observation.

Thanks for sharing that interesting information…a lot of people don’t like to get all tangled up in detailed debates over these subjects, but I think we would do well to question, analyze and give deep thought to such matters!

My husband and I were watching the movie “Idlewild” the other night, and in the movie, a beautiful woman who was a night club singer walked through a hallway, and the men present were absolutely falling over themselves to please her. I turned to my husband and said, “Women don’t have the same effect on men that they used to,” and he agreed.

I have noticed (and this may be an extremely elementary observation… forgive me, as I have only recently begun diving into this topic) that women nowadays have tried unbelievably hard to make themselves men. Or as manly as they can be… in order to be able to receive “equal rights” or demand respect or fit better into a male-driven workforce.

But I’ve noticed that the result of this has been a decline in respect from men, not the opposite.

Nowadays, a beautiful woman can walk down the street and get called the most filthy names… certain men may call out what he would like to do to her… and I believe it’s because many women have fought for the privilege to be included in a man’s type of world, if that makes sense.

Men don’t tiptoe around each other. They used to tiptoe around women, but women have made it clear that they want to be full part of men’s culture… and that’s unfortunately just what they’re getting.

That is indeed an interesting observation. We are often prone to dismiss the subject as being completely neutral, when, in fact, there are real effects tied to dressing femininly.

Just think back to the day where it was scandalous for a woman to wear pants…I believe the honor and deference they received from men had very much to do with their feminine behavior, which was closely tied to their attire.

I work at a Union Hall with steelworkers, and there are some rough folks down here on a daily basis. I have found that if I’m wearing a skirt, they have a tendency not to use coarse language, and if they let one slip, they apologize more often if I’m skirted than if I’m wearing pants. When I wear capris or pants, many of the men let the obscenities fly around me.

WW, Thanks for linking to my blog! Glad you enjoyed it! More good stuff to come!

Daja