scott@cdp.UUCP (10/08/85)
Actually, men can wear skirts. There's a man here in Palo Alto that
wears skirts often (of course, it's uncommon enough that I hear he was
on some talk show). A man friend of mine used to wear dresses while
walking around town (of course, he occasioanlly got cat-calls). I
wear a caftan in my house, and feel no qualms about wandering outside
in it to get the paper.
An easy way for a man to try wearing a skirt or dress in public is to
do it on Halloween (it's become my standard). And don't wear all
kinds of makeup and absurd high heels and such, just a dress or skirt
(of course, unless you're lucky enough to have something with pockets,
you'll need a pocketbook). The first time I did this was when I worked
at HP-Labs, and it was a blast. I got a wolf-whistle from a woman
at my bank, got "stared-up" by the sexist pigs (which made me realize
that it's really "anything in a skirt"), and explained our newly
christened super-duper experimental capability-based ECL computer to
our lab director (he was too weirded-out to acknowledge verbally or
non-verbally what I was up to, which is sort of interesting - maybe
he thought it was OK).
An interesting similarity to experiencing being "stared-up". On a lark,
I went to my tenth high-school reunion (very conservative, rural high-school)
in my blue jeans, wearing political buttons on my "Support Lesbian Mothers"
tee-shirt. All night long people kept staring at my chest (my tee-shirt
emblem); I kept thinking "look up here where my face is, I'm up here".
I realized the next day that this is what women experience from men
who stare at their chests.
Scott Weikart
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{ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax,cbosgd,hao,purdue,duke,...}!hplabs!cdp!scotthachiya@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/15/85)
I have many friends of the opposite sex with whom I have platonic relationships with. Usually, when I decide to pursue this kind of friendship, I make it clear that it is strictly platonic. So hopefully there is no problem. But sometimes I find they may want to be "more than friends" when I don't. On the other hand, the people I "date" usually are not my friends initially. It is assumed, more or less, that a sexual relationship will develop if we get along well. Donna H.
hachiya@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/23/85)
>I don't like my 3 piece suit any more then you like your skirt, >blouse, and jacket. Do you think men are actually dictating this >fashion? (If you really want to talk about discomfort we could talk >about my tie and your high hell shoes (not a typo). (I usually wear >a clip-on tie myself. It looks funky but I can BREATH.)) >Society dictates fashion. Men have been stuck with suits. Just an opinion...but sometimes, a man in a suit can be very appealing! :-) Donna
hachiya@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/23/85)
> Cynthia Heimel (a very funny woman) claims the ideal man is >filthy rich, gorgeous, can fuck for 12 hours at a time, has a lifetime >supply of cocaine and brings home a dozen roses every night >(or something like that.) Sounds good to me! :-) Donna
becky@cylixd.UUCP (Becky Bates) (10/25/85)
> > > Cynthia Heimel (a very funny woman) claims the ideal man is > >filthy rich, gorgeous, can fuck for 12 hours at a time, has a lifetime > >supply of cocaine and brings home a dozen roses every night > >(or something like that.) > > > Sounds good to me! :-) > > Donna All sounds good except for the cocaine part, might muck up the _uck life a bit. This really does not apply to the original question and needs to be in net.jokes/net.singles. >BECKY *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***