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Man in Skirt (in the USA) Urged to Change His Wardrobe
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:34 am
by Cory
Interesting and sort of ironic case: a "Saggy Pants" ordinance is being cited to prevent this guy from wearing a skirt. (One wonders -- does the same law apply to women? Would a woman wearing the same thing be dragged into court? Where are the Civil Liberties people?)
Sad that he feels a need to defend a choice to wear a skirt with a doctor's note, but hats off to the guy for his brave stand.
Link with picture:
http://www.wafb.com/global/story.asp?s=8145461
The article:
CLINTON, La. (WAFB) - He's breaking the law and he knows it. That's why the man who says a medical condition forces him to wear a skirt took his issue to the Clinton Board of Aldermen Wednesday night. They are the ones who could give him a pass on the so-called "saggy pants" ordinance.
Jay Herrod got a chance to plead his case during a town meeting. While some people in the audience got a good chuckle out of this one, Herrod says this is no laughing matter. "A lot of people say, 'Well, wear shorts.' Well, the shorts trap the sweat," Herrod says. He wore pants Wednesday night, but while doing his job on an average summer day, you'll catch Herrod in a skirt. Usually, it's a short green skirt. "It's very painful. It's easy for somebody to point their finger at me and judge me, but honestly, if you went through what I went through, you would do it, too."
Herrod says he suffers from a severe heat rash and needs to wear a skirt to ease the pain. However, on those occasions when the wind blows his way or while sitting on his lawn mower and his underwear shows; according to the ordinance, Herrod is breaking the law. "It shall be unlawful for any person on a public to intentionally expose his or her genitalia or undergarment," says Alderman Johnny Beauchamp. Mayor Donald Jefferson explained to Herrod that the ordinance is aimed at people who walk around town in saggy pants and expose themselves. According to the law, Herrod's skirt and activities also apply.
Even after presenting the board of aldermen with his note from a local clinic, this professional lawn mower did not get the okay to be an exception to the rules. "As much as I respect the person who wrote this, she is not a physician. This is also from '04. We are now in '08," Alderman Beauchamp says. "Really, it gets so hot, unbearable. It's hard on me to wear skirts, it's not easy," Herrod says. One alderman suggested Herrod wear a longer skirt. They told him to get an updated doctor's note from an actual physician, and then the board of aldermen will consider his situation.
Re: Man in Skirt (in the USA) Urged to Change His Wardrobe
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:05 pm
by Departed Member
Cory wrote: Herrod says he suffers from a severe heat rash and needs to wear a skirt to ease the pain.
I can certainly emphasise with the poor chap on this one! Amazing how some folk seem to find it so funny. Personally, when the temperature here in the UK soars into the 'searing heat' category (65F+), I've two choices, stay indoors or wear a skirt (and even than, don't move about much!).
Cory wrote: One alderman suggested Herrod wear a longer skirt.
Now that
is a sensible suggestion! Certainly not the usual, "You'll just have to wear tr*users" attitude, that might have been expected! As an added bonus, a long(er) skirt will have the effect of 'insulating' the legs even better.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:30 pm
by r1g0r
having seen the film clip of this guy riding his lawn-mower in his skirt.
he makes NO effort to prevent it from flying open and his genitals are COMPLETELY exposed.
if i was a neighbor, i know i'd be upset. not at what he chooses to wear, but at his indecent exposure. he could easily pin his skirt shut, or find some comfortable way to not show off his "short-comings".
it's poor taste & judgement on his part, and the community is right to protest his choices.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:41 pm
by Pleats
So are they going to go after girls in short skirts? I bet not. This ordinance applied to a man in a skirt would never fly in a higher court. Unfortunately he probably does not have the money to take it to a higher court.
I am assuming in this case he is wearing something under the skirt and not exposing himself. That would be an entirely different situation.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:00 pm
by imadube
Just sent some comment about this to the News people under the Contact Us links for Allen Tumey -
This is a "clear the air" idea. About - Man in Skirt Urged to Change His Wardrobe - I think the reporting and the city missed the true point here. They should be concerned with the exposer not the skirt. There are a lot of men needing/wanting to wear skirts (NOT all of them are Scottish either). However, like the dreaded Over Coat Flashers, only a few (very few) wish to expose themselves. The city of Clinton should be eurged to charge the guy with the exposer, and downgrade the tyranny over the skirt it's self.
If you really would be interested in knowing and reporting more about skirted males check out
http://www.skirtcafe.org
Thank you
I may never hear back like always but had to try.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:05 pm
by Colin
I note the comparison with girls in a short skirts. It's the exposure which should be considered equally for either gender, not the garment.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:33 pm
by Pythos
Yet another torpedo in the side of the idea of men getting the freedom to choose skirts.
This is something that annoys me when it comes to men getting the freedom to wear different clothing.
I hear guys on sites like this talking about going completely commando under short skirts, or kilts. I think this is really a stupid idea, reason? Because it feeds into the whole notion of why men should not wear skirts, cause all men wanna do is expose their bits. (of course this applies to only a few people, but in the mind of a sheeple, this is the overarching reason for a guy to wear a skirt, thanks to the media.)
I used to see very good reasons for men to not get the freedom to wear spandex clothing. Just look at photo sites concerning the idea. What do you see. Packages. Focus on male bulges. So the idea enters the sheeple's minds that the only reason a guy would wanna wear spandex leggings or shorts, is to show off his package. (not true for me, I just like how my legs look, and don't mind how my bum looks either...just wish I could find a lady that likes the look too.) If you look for pics of gals wearing such, a vast majority shows the whole woman in said clothing. Yes there are some that focus on camel toe, or "Ass", but most show the whole woman. When it is men, the focus is Package. I hate that.
Getting back to the case at hand, this nit helps not one bit toward men getting the freedom to wear skirts. If he is riding around on a friggin riding mower, and letting his skirt flap out of control, he is screwing every guy here over. He is presenting an image we really do not want to be associated with.
When I wear my skirts as you know I usually wear hosiery. The hosiery are my undergarments. When I wear such, I make damned sure I do not flash, though if someone were to catch a glimpse, the most they would see is the cotton panel. If they see more, then they are staring, and violating my privacy. I do not sit with my legs open, like I see too many men in skirts doing. Hell I don't do that when in pants, I don't like how it feels to sit like that. I feel like a slob. Do guys think that if they sit with their legs closed that their pee pees are gonna fall off?
Face it all. We have an image problem. A problem for which little is being done to address.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:07 pm
by Departed Member
Pythos wrote:Yet another torpedo in the side of the idea of men getting the freedom to choose skirts.
This is something that annoys me when it comes to men getting the freedom to wear different clothing.
I hear guys on sites like this talking about going completely commando under short skirts, or kilts. I think this is really a stupid idea, reason? Because it feeds into the whole notion of why men should not wear skirts, cause all men wanna do is expose their bits. (of course this applies to only a few people, but in the mind of a sheeple, this is the overarching reason for a guy to wear a skirt, thanks to the media.)
There does seem to be a predeliction in some parts that 'men only want to wear skirts to facilitate exposure'. Particularly in the Press, it seems. Mind you, with Kilts, there is the modern myth that it is
compulsory not to wear underwear, otherwise you're 'not a true Scot'! A military requirement, of course, but in reality
was far from the truth amongst 'day to day' wearers. Apart from which, unless a deliberate act which involves lifting both aprons (and moving any accompanying sporran to one side), accidental exposure is indeed rare! You'd be more far more likely to glimpse a runner's 'dangly bits' peeping from their short's leg than blinking in the sunshine from under a Traditional Kilt!

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:39 pm
by crfriend
Merlin makes a good point there, but so does Pythos; they're coming at things from different perspectives.
As far as not being able to see the "dangly bits" under a traditional kilt, there are a few shocking (positively shocking, I tell you) pictures of that happening, one of which happens to have the Queen of England in frame! It's how you sit that matters, and where the camera is....
Pythos brings up the "unhelpful" issue of the case of the bloke and his lawn-mower, and this one is unhelpful. One needs to be mindful when wearing skirts because they do have the tendency to blow around in a strong breeze -- and not being mindful is inexcusable. The sad bit is that we come 'round to the old saw of, "one 'aw sh!t' nullifies a thousand 'attaboy's" -- it only takes one slip to set things back quite a ways.
One of the things I like about the crowd here is that most seem genuinely interested in getting skirted garments accepted on men, and are behaving accordingly: they're putting together decent creative looks (the "Looks and Pics" forum proves that up), and they're concerned about believeability, which is why some of the runway stuff, or stagewear, gets dismissed pretty much out of hand. This is healthy, and I believe it represents the way forward. It's a rough road, made rougher by people who, to put it politely, "don't pay attention to detail", but it's a road that I think we can master and smooth out for those who follow us.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:11 pm
by boca
Here's a video of it:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/ ... 3&src=news
(Sorry, there is a short ad)
Then click on "The News You Missed". There's a short interview at 1:25.