What Will it Take to Normalize Skirts for Men?

I wish people weren’t so opinionated about what people wear, I would wear my skirts more often!

I believe normalising skirts for men has to start at a very young age, so if boys were dressed in skirts from birth, right through school age, they would be used to skirts by the time they reach adulthood and the cycle of forcing males into gender conforming clothing will be broken.

I have asked close family what they think when people see me. They said they see a man in skirt or they will think you are trans.
The future for men in skirts is linked with the trans community. When society accepts the trans community without fear or rage (it will happen), then the whole gender conformity question will be seen differently. Until then by wearing skirts and dresses and being yourself eg with a beard or a bald head we will support those who need it most and change perceptions and expectations.

"Normal"ize means to me: When something is the norm (or is a commonly occurring thing). If on an average day, you are around average people, and you see nothing that does not typically happen, then everything was normal. When people see guys in skirts so often that it is not uncommon — not atypical — not irregular, but just another normal day, then it will be normalized. When I go out in a skirt, many people take a look because it is uncommon, but no one cares. It is like heavy tattoos, or multiple facial piercings, or wheel chairs, or etc. You see it occasionally, but not every day. It is not so uncommon as someone dressed as a Star Wars Stormtrooper… but it is not yet a typical part of your day/week. Once it is, it is normal.

It will be come normalized to the people in your community when you start wearing a skirt regularly. It will be normalized in your community when you and your peers do it regularly.

No one seems to care what I wear… except for my wife.

Joey

I don’t even know what ‘normalize’ means here. For instance, are bow ties normalized? How about bracelets, big rings, or necklaces? All of these are distinctly unusual items for menswear, rather like skirts. So what’s normal? Remember when shaved heads or tattoos were no normal’? And why does it matter, so long as it’s not ostracized or punished? I dunno about the rest of you, but I’m perfectly comfy in my daily skirts going about my daily activities. Pants are just PPE when needed.