Are we Metrosexuals?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Jeans are allowed to be worn in lieu of the uniform trousers as an economic necessity-- not every kid who joins a troop comes from a family who can afford to buy everything a tenderfoot scout needs to have. For some folks $35 for a pair of "wear to meetings" pants is a stretch too far. One of the purposes of Scouting is to give every scout the opportunity to take part on a equal footing with every other scout. Allowing jeans to be substituted for regulation pants provides just such an opportunity for scouts to take part on a equal footing.

Anyhow, this is really getting off, waay off, topic.

[Jack Daw]

The kilt is anything but metrosexual. A metrosexual way of dressing is very cosmopolitan-professional, very modern and form fitting. A traditional kilt is none of those things. Metrosexual is a style and doesn't indicate sexual orientation so there is no reason to take the label personally. But a kilt is just not metrosexual. I would assume the people labeling it as such have no idea what the term implies.

Phew! This is a relief b/c I thought it had something to do with inappropriate behavior with a city transit bus.

[Bugbear]

Jeans are allowed to be worn in lieu of the uniform trousers as an economic necessity-- not every kid who joins a troop comes from a family who can afford to buy everything a tenderfoot scout needs to have. For some folks $35 for a pair of "wear to meetings" pants is a stretch too far. One of the purposes of Scouting is to give every scout the opportunity to take part on a equal footing with every other scout. Allowing jeans to be substituted for regulation pants provides just such an opportunity for scouts to take part on a equal footing.

Anyhow, this is really getting off, waay off, topic.

That makes sense. When I was a Cub Scout we wore blue jeans with the navy blue shirt as the uniform, but they had to be the dark blue, unfaded jeans and not be ragged in any way.

I was only a member for a few years around the age of ten or so.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Looks like the thread mutated a bit here. The Metrosexual, as I came to understand the term from my students, was a male who went too far in the personal grooming bit, exfoilants, etc. A uniform is to show 1) group membership 2) authority and/or occupation. Admittedly some things have become nearly uniforms, the Tux comes to mind, as one example. That is why, for instance, one tartan is worn by a pipe band. Or the uniforms in a marching band. A spoof is the "briefcase brigade" in the Philadelphia Mummers parade.

Can we get back to the topic now?

[Cherub]

Metrosexual...Meh

Retrosexual...Meh

Kiltrosexual...ok got possibilities but still Meh

I've never Believed in Labels and I hate the Word "Normal" (witch i am not by any stretch of the Imagination)

When asked what my Orientation is I say None of your Beeswax or if i know the Person well then i'm a Flaming Hetrosexual.

just my 3 or 4 cents.

[erudite]

Do metrosexuals go camping? Do Boy Scouts get spa treatments?

[Ozman1944]

I thought "Metrosexual" was someone being naughty on the Subway System....

[kallen]

The Metrosexuals are a Mexican wrestling tag team in AAA (Mexico's largest wrestling org.) They used to be know as Guapos VIP.

[CameronTaylor]

I thought "Metrosexual" was someone being naughty on the Subway System....

That only applies to the Red Line after 9:30pm ...
The Gold Line will have to wait,
The Green Line is nowhere to nowhere else,
And the Blue , well I'd only wear a kilt at the far south end (and I have)

CT - auld dubbin'

[Gilvray]

I've always thought that Metrosexual was for guys who care a lot about their appearance, more than the average man, to the extent of say the average woman (not trying to sound sexist! Metro or otherwise!) Moisturises, manicures, gels and lotions... all the stuff that the stereotypical mans man would make light of. Quick point: Kilts have been around for many more years than Male Grooming products!

I think that a kilt can be worn as part of the metrosexual scene and maybe thats what some of the companies want from their marketing - like 21st Century Kilts?

The kilt is worn on the battle field and the sports field (Highland Games), weddings & funerals, at Hampden Park and Murrayfield, in fetish clubs and at dinner parties, on the red carpet and in the woods, in Scotland and every other country in the world. The kilt is a piece of clothing. No one scenario can define what the kilt is...

I think the answer to the question is very clear and easy.. Its who's inside that determines the 'tag'. Just looking at all you lovely folk around the world who wear kilts with pride is testament to the fact that it takes allsorts.

So for me - the kilt is not Metrosexual - because I'm not.