This video just made me happy. A day organized by the Swiss organization, Die Feministen (The Feminists), called for men to come out in large numbers wearing skirts to work in Zurich, Switzerland. Several did come to the event on April 5, 2023 as can be seen in the video below.
Unfortunately, the video is in German, but YouTube allows you to turn on automatically translated English subtitles. It includes some information about the movement as well as interviews with some of the participants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6kEOaBqcA
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What a great idea. London has the WNBR and No Pants Day so I’m sure it would be up for a Men in Skirts day.
I can absolutely imagine something like that happening in London. I think there would be a lot of interest as well! Maybe we should organize something like that? I think Berlin and Paris would also be great locations.
Good stuff. The auto-translate feature (never knew it was there!) was interesting, including some almost Freudian errors (e.g., Masculinity Day came out Masturbation Day! whoops). But otherwise, good to see. Lots of colors and cuts, too!
Auto-translate certainly isn’t perfect and the errors it makes are sometimes really hilarious. We need more of these types of events to expand the visibility of men in skirts.
I saw that mis-translation as well! That was rather humorous. I did some searching:
I found a video from the 2024 event:
Here is the official page:
https://www.rethinkmasculinityday.org
And this:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5gSfV5MIR0/?igsh=Ym9oaXl3azZibWRi
Thanks for sharing the links!
While I would never call myself a feminist, I appreciate the idea they have and the execution too. If all these guys wear skirts more frequently, like every month instead of a year, it would be probably easier to make it more a common thing in the society.
I’ve been thinking about starting a similar movement here in Germany once a month or so where it rotates through the major cities. I think it could catch on given how many skirt-wearing men I know here!
J’apprécie les initiatives qui me confirment dans le bien-fondé des hommes en jupes 👏, mais je regrette un peu le manque recherche et d’élégance des tenues ( assemblages de motifs, couleurs et particulièrement les port généralisé de baskets ) .
Désolé d’être si critique.
Vive la jupe, robe👗, lingerie 👙, talons 👠 👢!! .
The outfits do look a little cobbled together, but I suspect a lot of men who participated were wearing skirts for the first time and aren’t used to the wide variety of skirts available. They were most likely still stuck in that typical mindset that comes with styling casual men’s clothes: pragmatism above all else…