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Men’s Skirts. This is an era of gender equality. In some households, it’s the women who wear the pants. Why, then, aren’t more men showing off their legs in skirts? The problem is that in recent history there has been a feminine connotation linked to the skirt, even though men had worn them for centuries, according to Andrew Bolton, associate curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Men feel if they wear it (a skirt), their masculinity will be called into question.

I’m refraining myself from poking fun at men who may wear skirts. Do not click through if the thought of seeing a hairy old man in a fugly plaid skirt disturbs you. I’ve managed to blind myself for the rest of the day no thanks to Jenny’s tip.

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