It sounds like he has some of the same concerns some of my family and friends have expressed. They do worry that someone is going to start trouble because I'm wearing a kilt. It's not just about being embarrassed by the guy in a skirt.

Of course I tell them about one night I walked into a bar and there was a crew of construction workers in there. I walked right through all of them to the bar and ordered, just saying "hi" politely as I went through. Later one of them was talking with me and said when I walked through the door they thought "That's a guy you don't want to mess with".
I thought that was funny because I'm by nature a shy person, not physically imposing and don't try to stand out or be the "alpha male".
Behold the power of the kilt.