Stay with me on this one, because I know in Scotland a Kilt is considered masculine, and not like a skirt in the US.
Here is where my head went the other day. I dress because I like the way woman's clothes feel. Not because I want to be a woman, or feel that I'm a woman trapped in a man's body. It is simply because I think certain female clothes feel great. As been discussed here many times, our society has some issues with a man in woman's clothes. We know that's wrong, and many here don't care, and wear those clothes anyway. More power to you. As also been mentioned here many times, a woman is free to wear any type of clothing, male or female, and never be questioned once. A man will be questioned, or laughed at a lot. It is just a piece of fabric cut differently, so why should it matter what sex wears it? If I wore a woman's pants, because I like that it zips on the side, or it fits me better than a mans cut, some people will still mock. If a woman can wear any article of clothing, male or female, and not be questioned, why can't a man?
So, it got me wondering why I NEVER see a man wearing a kilt in the USA, unless it is a parade or St Patty's day, or an event like that? Never just walking down the street, in Chicago, in the middle of July. Are we in the USA so against a "man in a skirt", that even kilts are not worn here? I see clothes from other cultures being worn ALL THE TIME. I see Sarongs, Sarees, Serapes, tunics, Turbans, or even MuuMuu's (yes US but not usually mainland). Why are all these clothes unique to other cultures seen worn all the time, but never a kilt?
Am I just in the wrong place all the time? Or, are we so against a "man in a skirt" that people won't even wear a kilt? Does anyone know a person who has lived in Scotland, wore a kilt there all the time, and feels comfortable wearing a kilt in the US?