Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!aero-c!nadel From: melanie@director.beckman.uiuc.edu (Melanie Anderson) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Clothing Message-ID: <1991May14.192001.20125@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 14 May 91 19:20:01 GMT References: <1991Apr27.120803.29765@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <14798@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <12057@uwm.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 46 Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Status: R Originator: nadel@aerospace.aero.org markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes: >In article <14798@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> lisa ann farmer writes: >>The reason I wear skirts is because they are comfortable. I also thik >>that men should be able to wear skirts. When I go on an interview I >>will wear clothes that I don't normally wear(don't we all). One >>requirement of the skirts I wear though is that I be able to ride my >>bike in them! >Good God! That short?! >:) that full. a short skirt will only ride up (to the enjoyment/amusement/embarassment of those around you ;-)) full skirts can be safety-pinned shut. i ride a "boy's" bike, btw, therefore i have to pin. >A skirt might not be a bad idea, but no it's NOT comfortable. It makes >you feel like your pants have fallen off and you're constantly looking >down to see if they're still on only to find that you're not wearing >pants, but are wearing a skirt! men just have no clue as to what they're missing. big full, comfy baggy cotton skirts are just the greatest in the summer. much more comfy than jeans. poster mustn't live in a hot, humid part of the country, or must not venture out much in the heat if poster does. skirts are much cooler, much more comfortable, they don't bind, or creep, or pinch your butt like pants can. you don't have to wear stockings in the summer, either, therefore you can get a real nice breeze cooling you off too. can't get that with pants! and besides, they're easier to iron. ya don't have to crease a skirt. >Besides you wouldn't want to see me in a short skirt. I work out. I may turn >too many heads. I'm shy. I blush easily. You'll faint. big, hairy man-legs in a little black mini yum! ;-} -- Melanie Anderson msa@uiuc.edu Beckman Institute PHMETR::MELANIE University of Illinois 217/244-1079 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------