Why Do Some Take Such Offense...

[Cygnus]

By the dictionary definition, a skirt is "a separate free-hanging outer garment [...] covering some or all of the body from the waist down" - the definition of a kilt is "a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies" (emphasis added).

I have no problem with that - especially considering that the definition goes out of its way to say that the kilt is a man's skirt (at least in Scotland and the military - it's not clear what it's called out of that context).

Going by the dictionary definition would also make the great kilt a dress.