Thanks, all. You have expressed some very interesting viewpoints. One more question: Why, if kilts are to be considered as perfectly ordinary, normal, menswear (and they are) are the rules different? Bikercelt1 makes the excellent point that to yank a guy's trousers down will get a negative reaction. From where I sit there is no difference whatever. Trouser yanking and kilt lifting are the same boorish behavior.