[QUOTE=Alan H]... I will admit that I am sometimes temporarily taken aback by a terribly good-looking woman's initial presence... A woman that honestly did not want to even talk to me casually because I'm not good-looking enough really is not someone I would care to get to know... there IS NO WOMAN WHO IS "OUT OF MY LEAGUE"... They put their pants on one leg at a time... I just happen to have enough self confidence to wear a kilt in "modern North American Society".... it takes some self-confidence... NO man, and NO woman is "Out of your league"... etc. etc. QUOTE]

There is a natural tendancy (in general) to consider well proportioned and handsome people as being superior. It's well documented that, on average, they get more job offers, make higher salaries, advance more quickly and are given more opportunities and more leniency compared to average looking people or folks with weight control problems but with equal or superior qualifications. Like any attribute, people with a nice appearance will use that to their advantage.
I can understand then how somebody who is given preferential treatment throughout their life, because of their appearance, might begin to believe that, in fact, they are superior to the rest of us. Conversly, those of average looks will have had to work harder to achieve the same results and may also come to believe that good looking people are somehow superior. The origins of leagues perhaps.
People also have a tendancy to randomly judge others around them based on an instant cursory glance. Ethnic background, sexual attractiveness, level of prosperity, approachability, etc. are evaluated almost subconciously... a survival mechanism perhaps. We then categorize them with ourselves a s a reference point. What league am I in... what league are they in.
I have seen average looking men with above average looking women and in every case the man looked approachable and had a air of confidence and was well spoken. I don't believe that a kilt "levels the playing field" so much as possibly it gives a man the appearance of being approachable and looking confident. Some people instinctively seem to know how other people tick and are able to use that to their advantage. That's part of what makes some people very successful in a sales career.
Will wearing a kilt change human nature... no. But doing so may somehow be manipulating a variable deep in the evaluation equation tipping the balance a bit.

blu