Discrimination polls, my research you input is wanted!

[mexpiper]

total Strangers YES! Drunk Women YES! Drunk Men YES!... friends not really because my friends know better, they may lift or threaten to lift but only joking,,,, not to embarrass me or them. Yesterday i wore huge big baggy boxers with Shamrocks and get lucky.. due to drunks at the parade/Hotel party. So if they did they would be disappointed.

[Coinneach]

I had to vote yes to this one. For me, it definitely crosses the line about what is appropriate. It doesn't matter if it would be with friends, family, or strangers. If I'm in my own home and it's only my significant other and me, that's one thing. Anything else, crosses the line.

I've had people come up and say, "can I ask you a personal question." I always will say yes because I'm always interested in the question. Rarely do I tell anyone "that's too personal a question." I am at least given a choice in that situation. Too often, it seems, kilt lifts don't give the kilt wearer the choice to participate or not. I think that's the deciding factor for me.

[string]

It offends/annoys me when other people are overly nosy or flirty with Yeti when I am there, much less peeking. I need to put a sticker on him that says "Property of String"

[sorcererdale]

So what is a Scotch blessing?

DALE.

Casey I voted "Sometimes". Friends and family will "attempt" to do a kilt check 'cuz they know that I'll react to it and everybody gets a laugh out of it. Others-complete strangers-find out pretty quick how painful a properly applied come-along is when applied to the wrist or elbow. Last spring at a Highland festival I felt my kilt being lifted and since my hands were full the dude got to feel the outside edge of my leather soled wingtips as it slide down his shin bone before coming to a hard stop on top of his instep. When I turned to give this guy a Scotch Blessing, he appoliged saying that from the back I looked like a friend of his. My wife asked him "How many of your friends are here wearing a tan shirt and a kilt in a Cameron tartan?" I really ticked me off was the guy was kilted hisownself. On a side note-kilt hose don't provide much protection against a shin slide.

[Makeitstop]

I find it extremely disrespectful and my reaction will be severe, even if it is just a friend going too far. Unless it's someone who I want to be accessing the goods (and since I'm single at the moment that's limited only to medical examinations) I view it as a violation of my rights and quite possibly an attack.

But what is worse to me is the notion that I shouldn't be offended. If other people are ok with it, fine, good for them. But I am not and the idea that I should either just accept it or that somehow the fact that I am a man in skirt makes it acceptable when under different circumstances the same action would have the offender on a registry for the rest of his life, that just makes my blood boil.

Luckily I don't spend much time around people who are likely to do this, and for the most part the biggest offender is the wind.

[ChattanCat]

It offends/annoys me when other people are overly nosy or flirty with Yeti when I am there, much less peeking. I need to put a sticker on him that says "Property of String"

I say, put a sign on him...
String attached.!

[Jeff]

Sometimes,,If it's my wife. Sorry friends not allowed and strangers beware. First I slap the hand then I slap the head. My body, my rules..

[morrison]

Haven't been offended yet. Been lifted a few times and have no qualms about it. In my imaginings I've considered how I'd respond if lifted by an obnoxious brute. I've concluded that my response would either betray me or build me. To be offend or take umbrage will impede the wider general acceptance of kilted men. Simply responding appropriate to the activity and environment will promote greater courtesy's toward kilters and help foster less tolerance for ignorance by an informed public.














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[McClef]

So what is a Scotch blessing?

DALE.

A Scotch blessing is when somebody gives you a bottle of a decent single malt whisky!

A Scottish blessing might well be akin to a Glasgow Kiss

[McMathTX]

I've thought about this and voted "sometimes." It all depends on who it is, where it is, and what's the intent. If I'm with close friends at someone's home and their just kidding around (sometimes the women are flirting a bit), I don't mind - it's all in good fun. If it's a stranger or someone I don't particularly care for, them I'm going to warn them off (before my wife gets to them if they're female). Obviously, if it's done with some malicious intent, like trying to humiliate me in a public place, then I'm going to respond accordingly with full offense.
Dean