Why do Scots wear skirts?

The kilt has its origins in an ancient garment called the kilt. It is a kilt that runs from the waist to the knee and is made of tweed with a continuous pattern of large squares, which are distinctly shown.

In the view of the Scots, "Kilt" is not only their favorite national costume, but also a symbol of the Scottish national culture. 1707 after the merger of Scotland and England, "Kilt" as the national costume of Scotland was retained. After the merger of Scotland and England in 1707, "Kilt" was kept as the national costume of Scotland. The Scots wore the kilt to show their resistance to the English rule and their strong desire for national independence.

In 1745, after the Hanoverian dynasty suppressed an armed uprising by the Scots, they issued the famous "ban on the kilt", which prohibited the Scots from wearing the kilt, and the Scots could only wear England's attire as a standard, and those who violated it would be sentenced to imprisonment or banishment. The Scots launched a 30-year struggle for this, and finally in 1782 forced the Hanoverian dynasty canceled the "ban on skirts", for their right to wear a skirt.

The national costume consists of a knee-length tweed skirt, a matching waistcoat and tweed jacket, and a pair of long, knitted stockings. The skirt is fastened securely with a wide leather belt, under which hangs a large fanny pack in the center of the front of the tweed skirt, and sometimes a tartan blanket is draped diagonally over the shoulders and held in place by a card at the left shoulder. To the foreign visitor, the chequered skirts worn by the Scots do not appear to be much different, but in fact they are not.

While the fabrics used are all chevron-patterned, each has a different design. Some have a large red background with black and green stripes forming the chevron; others have a dark green background with light green stripes. Some have smaller squares and some have larger ones. Some are brightly colored and some are plain. In the past, each design was officially registered for the record and could not be used indiscriminately among the various ethnic groups. But over time, this chevron skirt style is more and more, it is estimated that no less than a thousand kinds. Today, whenever the residents of the Scottish Highlands celebrated the gala, always wearing a beautiful chequered skirt, cloak, head wearing a high crown of black hair, the left side of a white feather, the waist with a black and white pouch, wearing a white shoe cover, short woolen socks, long only knee pants, played the bagpipes of the happy, jumped "Sintra Bohas" dance, a rich Scottish national style, the Scottish Highlanders. A strong Scottish national flavor came out.

The history of men wearing skirts goes back a long way around the world. In the Egyptian frescoes that have survived on the image of ancient Egyptian men wearing straight skirts with dense pleats; Tutus in southern India, men wearing aprons; Iroquois men in North America wearing buckskin skirts, Hobbies men wearing white cotton skirts; Thai men wearing tube skirts; Scottish men wearing tartan skirts, and so on. In China, men also wear skirts for a long time, from the Shang Dynasty men began to wear skirts, while women until the Han Dynasty began to form the custom of wearing skirts. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, men and women of all ages wore skirts called "Shamyi" at that time, and among the ethnic minorities in China, such as the Dai men wore skirts, which is still a traditional habit. If you look at the historical record alone, men wearing skirts is not only a tradition, but also a cultural phenomenon.

1, historical factors

Skirt has a long history, according to historical records, from the Shang Dynasty, men began to wear skirts, and women until the Han Dynasty began to form the custom of wearing skirts. Later, men wore skirts for various reasons gradually decreased, only Scotland, Myanmar and other regions still save the custom of men wearing group. Therefore, historically speaking, it is natural for men to wear skirts.

2, physiological factors

As we all know, men's physiological characteristics are exposed, and women are introverted, medical books are recorded clearly: men should pay attention to the heat, the reproductive organs overheating, then it is easy to cause the language; and women should pay attention to the warmth, should not be subjected to the cold, otherwise it is easy to catch a variety of gynecological diseases. And wearing pants is easy to keep warm, the skirt is conducive to heat dissipation, so, from the physiological reasons, men should wear skirts than women.

3, safety factors

Today's society, the frequency of rape is increasing, the important reason is that women's skirts more and more through the short, according to the U.S. Fsexhols Research Institute study found that in the case of rape, the proportion of raped women wearing skirts is 85.8%, and, wearing skirts is easier than pants for rape, the average time required to tear open the pants than to lift the Skirts take more than three times longer and women take longer to call. So, safety-wise, women should not wear skirts; skirts should be left to men.

4, economic factors

The world's population of 6.1 billion people, of which the male population accounts for about 58.99%, and men's spending power is much stronger than that of women. According to the U.S. Rosewaiills Research Institute study shows that although women in the shopping purchase frequency is higher than men, but the total amount of male consumption is much higher than that of women, especially in clothing consumption. Therefore, once men enter the skirt consumption market, it will make the demand in that market increase greatly, thus helping to stimulate global consumption. Therefore, economically speaking, it is very favorable for men to wear skirts.

5, legal factors

The Constitution guarantees equality between men and women, so society only allows women to wear skirts and discriminate against men wearing skirts, is a violation of the spirit of the Constitution, advocating that men also wear skirts, from the legal point of view, it is the practical maintenance of the equality of the law. Expanding from this perspective, not only skirts, like bras, lace panties, etc. should not be artificially divided into men and women, as long as they like, should be able to wear everyone.

6, other factors

Medical fetishism, transvestism and other titles, once the man wore a skirt, there are no longer these titles, everyone is favorable.