Society is the only thing determining the meanings of clothing. By themselves, clothing items mean nothing! Leave it alone! Let everyone wear what they want.
Consider Easter clothing up until Western influence entered into Japanese culture. Prior to Western influence, the traditional Japanese clothing was very long skirt like clothing.
Of the two boys in the picture, the one on the right is far closer to traditional Japanese clothing than the very Western boy on the left.
just wondering if someone was a guy and went to TYT wearing a dress for a job if they would hire them and if not would be considered inappropriate or sexist,and if it was then couldn't the same be said about woman wearing pants and not being hired for the same reason,i have asked this question before and never had an answer and do not expect one but ask it out of curiosity
As a Japanese American with a lot of Japanese family, I kinda see this as an attempt by the younger Japanese to find individual identity in a culture that has traditionally promoted a homogeneous identity. I think this would have more implications for sexuality if it were happening in America.
ok im not gonna lie if i met a dude like this at first id be like ok tht is weird kinda akward but thn after sum time id like o thats jonnie he likes to wear skirts no big and also come on one look at the guy in the first pic give him a staff and some pryrotechnics and he can so pull off pretending to be a mage or sum kinda sorcerer or some shit like that which i think is awesome
Cenk: I love you, but fuck you. Why are you even showing this story. A tiny tiny portion of human history has men wearing pants. If a person says to you, I wear (x) because it's comfortable (the wind fluttering through the hems or whatever), and furthermore, I think males (as in most species) ought to be allowed to wear the more "elegant plumage" (as if anybody needs your permission), even a person who wears makeup or war paint, who the hell are you to BROADCAST your ignorant protests?
everyone use to wear skirt before pant are invented. pant were introduce due to the need to ride horse, and slowly got adopted by non-riders . traditional attires still feature skirt like design in Asia, even in manly traditional like sword fighting and bow shooting, our formal attire still look like skirt.
why should people conform to some strange western concept of pant = manly?
In an individualistic society like this one, the tendency is just as Eric Fromm described it: the freedom makes us more isolated, and we escape freedom by conforming.
In a collectivist society like Japan, the opposite may be true: conformity is strictly reinforced, so you escape conformity by deviating as far away from the norms as possible.
I suggest that the kilt is considered non-feminine not because it's traditional but because of the design. They aren't shaped or coloured to be be pretty or elegant, as skirts are. There's really nothing inherently feminine about them, hence feminine-brained people, whether male or female bodied, don't like to wear them.
@fullmetalcorset Just over half of male crossdressers report themselves as something other than exclusively straight (bi-curious, bisexual, gay etc.). Among the general population of men, the number who report themselves as something other than exclusively straight is significantly smaller. So there is a correlation, it's just not as strong as people tend to assume. :-)
I just had my first real (female sport) skirt and it feels good better than any trousers or jeans or the trousers from my suits. To all man you don't know what you are missing It's Freedom, And NO I'm not Gay/Transsexual/Travertine/Androgen At All.
+Have you never heard of the Ancient Egyptians/Greeks/Romanians etc. Warriors whit skirts Only whit a different Design and Label But Basicly the same.
++By wearing it and just going through your normal day You will feel more of a man than youwerebef
Yeah, I agree with the Skirt Tribe. F*CK PANTS!!! As to quote a famous poet "I'LL REVISE YOUR LEVIS WITH PHYSICAL HARM! GONNA PUT RIVETS IN THE DIVETS WITH MY PHYSICAL ARM!"- Andy Samberg (Lonely Island)
1:02 I'd like to get in touch with Ana's feminine side.
By the way, do you remember the first few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation where the men in the crew would sometimes where those miniskirt things? I guess Roddenberry thought that was progressive, too, since he had women in mens' uniforms and men in women's uniforms.
That being said, I couldn't do it. Maybe I'm not open minded enough, but I just couldn't do it.
Like, your presentation begs the questions: "If pants are for guys, aren't girls who wear pants cross-dressing?" and "How gay do girls have to be to wear pants?" Gender equality cuts both ways, so the inevitable logical progression is guys wearing skirts. It's happening now. Way to go, babes!
wow, are you guys seriously being unfair. so they're gay because they're wearing skirts? you guys should listen to what you were saying, this mad me very angry to listen to you guys talk about this. it's not funny nor right to say that they are gay because they like to wear skirts. so now girls are lesbians because they like to wear pants? because they like the way they look they are now interested in the same-sex? you obviously don't understand what goes on in their minds so leave them alone
@mimi3321 Ignorant you can't SPELL. Ignorant all are born naked, who wears what is WHIM not biology. Ignorant--psychiatric CULT used to call women in pants INSANE--NY Times May 27 1876 P.6 also psychologist Horace English 1958 women in pants was TRANSVESTISM. Ignorant, ignorant, i and I know something else about you based on demographics of your name and it's revolting!! Medieval Italians regarded pants on ANYONE as ridiculous read about Pantalone!! Self determination for all not only women
yeah,i live in japan,and actually i see many guys in baggy pants which look like skirt,or actual skirt.and also the other day one of my friends were like "i want a skirt" i was like wtf?
It's just sad to see how closed-minded and culturally-lacking these people are to just slam someone like that as "gay" or
"retarded" in a negative light.
It's very admirable because girls and guys alike can wear whatever they want to express the unique human being they are and they are unafraid to show it.
Isn't freedom of expression something so many people in the past have all died for?!
I know something like this is strange but please respect all cultures. They're all beautiful.
The definitions are faulty. Fancy clothes = effeminate is FAULTY. Nature offers the male peacock & male lion MORE decoration than females. Read about The Great Masculine Renunciation on Google. Roman legions wore skirts and pants wearers today would run like all hell from them. Skirts are NOT "female" they are "human" because of NO diff of anatomy. Style diff does not = sex diff. Greeks today still wear skirts so do South Seas men, Egyptian dervishes and more others than you'd believe.
9600 skirted Romans killed 80000 Britons at Battle of Watling Street Alexander the Great wore a skirt & massacred larger Persian armies. Maximinus Thrax military governor of Mesopotamia wore skirts & robes. He stood 8'6" wore bracelet as ring outran racehorse. Bill Kazmaier in kilt turned over full size auto on level surface by himself--engine & transmission not removed. Men in skirts are not necessarily effeminate STOP reasoning by association that's what a child does. Skirts = sex neutral
@skirts365 i agree skirts are sex neutral, but skirts that have feminine designs, and are made to be worn by women, are not sex neutral, like the one that japanese dude was wearing. that was made for a woman, it had flowers, was pink, had like 100 different cloths, (usually) men dont care about the trim or the feeling of the cloth, and dont care how it flutters in the wind.
@crackerz99 South seas men do wear floral prints and are not womanly. When USA women started wearing pants in wartime factory work, they wore pants "intended for men," their husbands pants left in the closet that went to war! Intended for so and so is in the end nonsense. Every skirt/petticoat I own was "intended for women" except fustanella & it is frillier than most skirts "intended for women" Catholic clergy wear lace men should avoid bras & female impersonation but don't restrict choice!!
Cenk gercekten kuresel kultur farkliliklarina tamamen kor yaklasiminla cok "gecen milenyumsun." Elinden gelse Afrikali kabilelerin kilik kiyafetine de bulasacaksin. Japonlarin altkulturlerini inceleyip elestirebilecek duyarliliga sahip degilsin. Kolaysa Turkiye'yi yonetenlerin teletubby kiyafetli uzayli kiyefetlerini elestir!
BTW bu kanala Ermenilerin dolusup kufretmemesini soyismi Ermeni olan sunucuya mi borclusunuz. Kurnazsiniz. Ama dunya gorusunuz kit-otesi. gencturkler mis...
Males have been wearing skirted garments for thousands of years. It's funny how now days it's okay for a man to wear a skirted garment only if it's a kilt, and if he is Irish or Scottish, but if he's not heaven forbid! Now days everyone is so quick to label a male in a skirt as gay. Did you know most gay guys don't like women and would never wear there clothing. We have been on this earth for so long and yet we have so many closed minded people! That's SAD!!!!
Actually I find men in skirts/dresses sexy. A lot of ladies I know do. And Japan is a very endrodenous so this isn't a big deal to me. I wish you could have shown more than the one photo. it would be a more honest view of the sub-culture.
as a japanese, its embarrassing. I can understand if i see those men in skirt on fashion show. as daily wear, i feel very awkward. i cant tolerate skirt boys, cosplay peeps, or overly tanned gyal girls, i just feel WTF.
I think it's cute and it'd work on some men, can't imagine my guy in a skirt though :P Women can wear pants and if guys wanna wear skirts then go ahead, perhaps in the future it'll be common.
I am 25 yr old woman and I agger with you some men do look cute and or sexy in a skit. Since Woman can ware pants and or skirts. I to hope that it do to think that if men... want to ware skirt I to think that is ok.
you guys are so closed minded. In japan people dare to be different. They come up with their own style and create what they want. It's not a crime and their not gay either. you guys should've done research. their rock music is also called visual kei where Make-up is worn and skirts and lace and whatever but funny about 69 % of jrockers are married or have girlfriends. like miyavi people said and say he's gay but he has a daughter and a wife now. Open Your Minds. fat dude is ugly btw.
Only a closed minded person would associate clothing with gender. Like all the fundamentalists who want women to wear ankle long bathing costumes and burhkas. That is what was once considered "normal" in society. If everyone had Cenk and the other guy's view that we should reinforce social stereotypes then change would not be possible. We wouldn't have Bikinis or hot pants!!
@Seleucus84 Who made up these ethical rules anyway?!
Ask yourself that everybody. Is it right that total strangers throughout supposedly ancient times are going to control our lives in the present by making these rules?
Also you guys forget to mention the 1 billion men in India who wear sarongs which is like a skirt. Maybe in urban areas they wear it at home, but in more rural areas, men wear them everywhere. It is all cultural relativism.
C'mon! Masculinity is different in each society! In some societies, muscular is masculine. In many Asian countries like Japan or Korea, "pretty" boys are considered to be more attractive by women, NOT muscular men. So it's all perspective!
So true! If you take the Kpop band Super Junior, look at their MV for Happiness (Haengbok). It's all pink, makeup, lollipops, cutesy dancing. Then their video for U, dark clothes, trying to be sexy rather than cute. IDK about every girl but I personally prefer the cutesy video. They have such soft faces, I think it fits them better :)
the kilt started out as a multipurpose garment. the scots would use them as tents, blankets and even fishing nets and in battle they would strip off and fight butt naked, which could be considered more gay than wearing a kilt.
the whole skirt thing is just a natural progression from guy-liner and manscara.
women, be warned. we're coming for the thing you hold must dear: YOUR WARDROBE!
I thought they were doing it in defiance of gender stereotypes. Why does it have to be crossdressing, does a skirt have to instantly be associated with a woman? It's sexist and we should move past it.
The Young Turks become less impressive each video I watch. Here they come across as stuck-up conservative homophobic simple minded and boring. If you can see your prejudices you should at least desire to get over them.
If the Japanese fellow explains that he's not gay even though he's wearing a skirt, there's no reason to follow that with "He's wearing a skirt, so he's probably gay".
Lets hear it for aculturation and cultural snobery from the nation most renowned for its homophobia.
Honeslty, guys, i love you but damn! look at what YOU'RE WEARING! Brown and stripes, black and white or the ubiquitous T-Shirt (black). Northamerican fasion sucks for men, we lost the fasion wars. If you want to blend into a crowd or wear a uniform where your only permited variance is in colour or stripes, tie or no tie and the more severely plain the better, go ahead. don't judge this guy.
So the guy puts on a different piece of clothing from what society says is acceptable, and he becomes a homo? Perhaps it's just his form of protest?
But really, this show is attacking him clearlly. That guy isn't afraid at all. So if he says he's not gay, he's not gay imo. It's not like he's trying to hide anything anyway.
for years i have been wearing a towel rapped around my waste whenever at home and around the yard ,much to the bewilderment of my friends and neighbors , i am not a cross dresser , nor do i have gay tendencies ,i simply feel more comfortable .i believe it may be a race memory from my scottish heritage or i picked it up when i was a kid that spent many years on the beach with a towel rapped around . consider why the pacific islanders wear their sarongs , its fucking hot in jeans and jocks .
so this is my question for the young turks why isnt there more promotion of men in feminine clothing like come on why not push to make unisex clothing!
Jayar has it backwards; kilts, togas, kimonos, all these things predated pants. Skirts and pants, and their gender-specificity, are much more recent, so it doesn't make sense to say that someone just decided that kilts were manly.
I don't hate women, don't know where you're getting that from. Men shouldn't be wearing skirts which is why I said they should have some common decency. Nothing wrong with women wearing skirts because skirts are specified towards that gender.
Pants were specified towards the male gender. Should all women not wear pants now? Should the first women to create the trend of wearing pants have had some "common decency" and go back to their dresses & skirts?
How is it a disgrace? It's just clothing. Is it a disgrace that I'm a girl yet I wear jeans? Is it a disgrace that comedian Eddie Izzard wears high heels and a dress?
The answer, no. It isn't. Clothes are just that...clothes. I don't get why people have to put so much importance on which gender wears what.
The reason why it is offensive for a man to dress like a woman, yet completely tolerated when women dress like men (wearing pants and t-shirts for women is acceptable where I live) is because we have these age old ideas that men are better than women. It is understandable in our society for a woman to want to be like a man, however the idea that a man would want to be like a woman makes no sense in a world where men are valued more than women.That is how this all started in the early 1900s.
British noblemen wore skirts a thousand years ago, and stockings and corsets, clothes don't really make the person if you think about it from a historical aspect. If there weren't a stigma... and i didn't have such hairy legs, I might actually be willing to wear a skirt. But I am gay, so sadly I think there would be even more stigma and what not to me doing that.
Everybody should be told when they're acting like a total bell-end. You make stupid blanket statements about a race of people, ignoring the subjectivity of the matter altogether, and throw around homophobic insults like you're 13. I don't care if you don't care whether or not I care that you don't care what I think about you. Get over yourself, and stop being such a cheese-beetle.
it's a sad commentary for TYT that you're obviously making fun of these guys who are much more secure in their sexuality than 96% of Americans. I thought I was watching Fox News for a minute.
It's a different tradition. They know they are putting on clothes that are intended for women, that are looked upon by society as feminine. It's all relative; no one looks at the kilt as feminine in Britain.
I prefer to wear hippy skirts, not because I'm a woman, but because they are so much more comfortable than pants. I think it's sad that men stigmatize themselves into missing out on the joy of wearing a skirt. I know very few women who would possibly look down a dude wearing a skirt - it's guys that hold themselves back in this regard. Too bad.
Women who started wearin pants were originally labeled crossdressers. and wearing so-called "shkirts" or "dresses" is very traditional in a lot of countries, africa, abrab counries, no one wears pants. I think crossdressing is when u are trying to appear as the opposite sex, i think they are just trying to make it oka for men to wear skirts. In japan en traditionaly wore kimonos, not pants.
So after debating "manliness", do we now call what Muslim men wear "dresses?" I'm sure they like the airy feel. What abt Catholic robes? And yes, the kilt IS a skirt. Remember, men were wearing "skirts" LONG before they were wearing pants. My point is, b/c it's called a skirt, Cenk is going nuts. But if you call it something else, maybe it's all right? WTF? Personally, I think Egyptian men depicted in skirts in ancient art were more man & could kick more ass than TYTon ANY given day. Sorry Cenk.
Like Ana said, women in the 1800s were insulted for wearing pants. Men are 200 years behind in terms of equality in clothing options, so insecure men need to leave these guys alone who are just being pioneers. The only reason people love kilts so much is that there's a liberation in breaking social taboos but the guys who wear them are still governed too much by what other people think about them.
I don't want to stigmatise here, but I lived in Japan for 15 month and I was again and again shocked how "gay" the majority of Japanese men actually appear in public. Not only how they dress themselves but also their way of talking, their gestures and the whole habitus. And I found this image also confirmed in Japanese media, commercials and so on. So I believe the guy when he says that he's not gay, but only because I've seen even more feminine guys in Japan before.
Did you know that most japanese look down on outsiders? You know what they call anyone who isn't japanese in japan? Gaijin.
You'd be hard pressed to find any girls that wasn't sluts already to find want "white" and "latin" cock.. which you're just telling yourself that to make you feel like someone wants your ugly butt just because you are white or latin.
Piff, you have to be attractive to attract the opposite sex not "white" or "latin". Any race can be attractive.. douche.
Ah, you think that the whole friggin race? You idiot INTERRACIAL DATING ISN'T A NEW THING. IF YOU OPENED YOUR EYES YOU'RE IGNORANT UGLY BUTT WOULD SEE THAT INTERRACIAL BARS/ DATINGS SITES ARE ALL OVER. Friggin ignorant buffoon. I'm supposed to be attracted to you just because you're some ugly white guy? Fuck off.
Hell lets get random.. Type monkey sex in tokyo in the video search
Fuck you and your ignorance.. its generalizing bastards like you that I wish would die off. You think a whole race of people want to suck your dick because you're white? Why you arrogant dick.. go get stabbed in the heart that you don't have.
HAHAHAHA!! do you even stop and think how you come off? cursing off people, and wishing death on people by getting stabbed..i feel sorry for you. have a good life alone, i'll take care of your women for you -_-
I hope I come off like an evil condescending bitch. You deserve much more than that. You generalizing piece of shit. Me love white fat american men long time? Give me a fucking break, you stay your fat asses in America.
gaijin isn't a bad word, it just means foreigner. it's a shortened form of gaikokujin, and gaijin is just like saying "fridge" instead of "refrigerator". It is not bad intention.. You imply that it is a bad slang when it is not. The reason you might *think* it is bad is because you sometimes hear "baka gaijin" which means "Stupid foreigner". gaijin in itself is not offensive, but if you say "baka gaijin" it is offensive.
they do that only rarely and mostly in the heavy tourism area, because their are so many foreigners around that do cause problems in that area. There have been many cases where foreigners go into bars and start fights. The reason is that in their country, (US, AUS, etc) bar fights are a normal thing that some people even look forward to. In Japan, this is taboo. You don't go into a bar and start fights. This is why many gaijin are not welcomed in some places because so many do not respect.
Why does that guy always feel the need to play ignorant male patriarch? I thought The Young Turks was a left leaning show...? I'm not even sure if he's being sincere or not with his discomfort about gender bending politics.
Not even women should wear skirts. They are a highly impractical type of clothing. Japanese basically have no sense of individuality. They believe being unique is a good thing and yet they are incapable of being unique, so the closest thing they can get to being unique is being part of a group of people who dress strangely. In Japan, there is no Culture, there is only Consumerism.
Uh....aren't Americans basically a bunch of mindless consumerists as well?
Hell, look at every tween girl in the USA. You'll be hard-pressed to find one that doesn't want to buy the latest clothes from (insert trendy store here) or own the latest CD by (insert name of no-talent singer/band here).
You want to talk about a place where there's no Culture only Consumerism, look no further than the MTV/Disney Channel generation here in the good ol USA. Japan's got NOTHING on them.
Kilts were around before pants were in Scotland... I think.
As far as the skirt wearing "fad" goes... No matter how messed up or weird you are, there is somebody out there who is into it. The key to a happy life is to find somebody as messed up as you are and enjoy yourself.
In Japan it is ok for straight men to look "pretty", not something people can understand outside of that culture until you get to know their culture. A lot of men there cannot pull of a buff/macho look, thus, they go for a pretty look and many women there like it.
Who care what people wear... I mean it wasn't that long ago that Women who wore Pants were badly seen... If a guy wants to wear a dress, its up to him, Dress are less practical than pants anyway...
Men all around the world wear skirts - only they go by diiferent names. There are entire countries where men wear traditional "skirts" but are named sarongs, kains, or whatever.
Yeah. I can't say that I like wearing skirts, well actually I wouldn't be able to make that statement because I've never worn a skirt. But I don't care if other guys like it. I think it has nothing to do with their sexuality.
I think I just expected TYT to be as open-minded as they say they are. They say, sure it's ok to wear it. But you need to admit that you're gay, or a little gay. And that makes no sense. One has nothing to do wit h the other.
I often wear skirt-like clothing (I'm a guy). There's a tie-dye wrap I often wear, and I also use an old bowling shirt wrapped like a skirt over my shorts, but I'm not gay. I would wear a skirt if it was socially acceptable, but the stigma (especially here in the South) is too much.
Skirts are more comfortable!
Still, you can walk around home naked all you want... :D
Hey Cenk, you've been posting loads of crap about my country recently haven't you? I think you're going a bit too far (e.g. about the growing number of gropers in Japan which isn't true at all). You know what Cenk, I remember seeing a bunch of emo boys at malls wearing skirts back when I stayed in Cali, so how come you don't talk about them? Don't get me wrong, I'm still your huge fan, but there are things I can't turn a blind eye to
The only thing that makes a guy wearing skirt crossdressing is societies perception. People aren't born with a perception of what clothes people should wear, we're taught the differences we practice. Really kilts, skirts, or whatever seem easier to deal with, practical even.
Why exactly the guy went out of his way to dress like Betsy Ross, well...
Why do you pronounce "Jesus" as if he was from a country in which Spanish is spoken? He is Brazilian, the "J" in his name is pronounced just like "Jesus" in English.
Skirts dont have to mean effeminate. Effeminate doesnt have to mean gay. Fucking stupid.
Mightfox 2 weeks ago
The people on this show need to die
ahsandworms 2 months ago 3
Lil Wayne made skinny pants hot, he can make skirts hot.
NiHaoStanley 2 months ago
Society is the only thing determining the meanings of clothing. By themselves, clothing items mean nothing! Leave it alone! Let everyone wear what they want.
Numbuh7 4 months ago
i like my boys in skirts
halfcatgirl 5 months ago
Consider Easter clothing up until Western influence entered into Japanese culture. Prior to Western influence, the traditional Japanese clothing was very long skirt like clothing.
Of the two boys in the picture, the one on the right is far closer to traditional Japanese clothing than the very Western boy on the left.
blueboyblue 7 months ago
Who gives af ? If he wears a skirt, then he wears a skirt . Done .
EyeAmAwesome12 7 months ago
just wondering if someone was a guy and went to TYT wearing a dress for a job if they would hire them and if not would be considered inappropriate or sexist,and if it was then couldn't the same be said about woman wearing pants and not being hired for the same reason,i have asked this question before and never had an answer and do not expect one but ask it out of curiosity
johndebbra 8 months ago
As a Japanese American with a lot of Japanese family, I kinda see this as an attempt by the younger Japanese to find individual identity in a culture that has traditionally promoted a homogeneous identity. I think this would have more implications for sexuality if it were happening in America.
TheNihonjin 8 months ago
ok im not gonna lie if i met a dude like this at first id be like ok tht is weird kinda akward but thn after sum time id like o thats jonnie he likes to wear skirts no big and also come on one look at the guy in the first pic give him a staff and some pryrotechnics and he can so pull off pretending to be a mage or sum kinda sorcerer or some shit like that which i think is awesome
nawstra578 8 months ago
Look at the mad cross dressers.
KuntaJay 8 months ago
Cenk: I love you, but fuck you. Why are you even showing this story. A tiny tiny portion of human history has men wearing pants. If a person says to you, I wear (x) because it's comfortable (the wind fluttering through the hems or whatever), and furthermore, I think males (as in most species) ought to be allowed to wear the more "elegant plumage" (as if anybody needs your permission), even a person who wears makeup or war paint, who the hell are you to BROADCAST your ignorant protests?
smcleod420 9 months ago
everyone use to wear skirt before pant are invented. pant were introduce due to the need to ride horse, and slowly got adopted by non-riders . traditional attires still feature skirt like design in Asia, even in manly traditional like sword fighting and bow shooting, our formal attire still look like skirt.
why should people conform to some strange western concept of pant = manly?
akinkhoo 9 months ago
In an individualistic society like this one, the tendency is just as Eric Fromm described it: the freedom makes us more isolated, and we escape freedom by conforming.
In a collectivist society like Japan, the opposite may be true: conformity is strictly reinforced, so you escape conformity by deviating as far away from the norms as possible.
Emaniac69 11 months ago
I suggest that the kilt is considered non-feminine not because it's traditional but because of the design. They aren't shaped or coloured to be be pretty or elegant, as skirts are. There's really nothing inherently feminine about them, hence feminine-brained people, whether male or female bodied, don't like to wear them.
optifog 1 year ago
@fullmetalcorset Just over half of male crossdressers report themselves as something other than exclusively straight (bi-curious, bisexual, gay etc.). Among the general population of men, the number who report themselves as something other than exclusively straight is significantly smaller. So there is a correlation, it's just not as strong as people tend to assume. :-)
optifog 1 year ago
what do close have to do with sex i mean rely
wizard101musicpics 1 year ago
that's just way too girly o.o
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wizard101musicpics 1 year ago
I just had my first real (female sport) skirt and it feels good better than any trousers or jeans or the trousers from my suits. To all man you don't know what you are missing It's Freedom, And NO I'm not Gay/Transsexual/Travertine/Androgen At All.
+Have you never heard of the Ancient Egyptians/Greeks/Romanians etc. Warriors whit skirts Only whit a different Design and Label But Basicly the same.
++By wearing it and just going through your normal day You will feel more of a man than youwerebef
DeprSuicSayhoun 1 year ago
Only in Japan.
rgmztxy 1 year ago
Yeah, I agree with the Skirt Tribe. F*CK PANTS!!! As to quote a famous poet "I'LL REVISE YOUR LEVIS WITH PHYSICAL HARM! GONNA PUT RIVETS IN THE DIVETS WITH MY PHYSICAL ARM!"- Andy Samberg (Lonely Island)
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AdmansXkota 1 year ago
1:02 I'd like to get in touch with Ana's feminine side.
By the way, do you remember the first few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation where the men in the crew would sometimes where those miniskirt things? I guess Roddenberry thought that was progressive, too, since he had women in mens' uniforms and men in women's uniforms.
That being said, I couldn't do it. Maybe I'm not open minded enough, but I just couldn't do it.
xJoeEDangerouslyx 1 year ago
i don't care what the hell i wear, as long as i look snazzy =)
ninjaassassin27 1 year ago
Like, your presentation begs the questions: "If pants are for guys, aren't girls who wear pants cross-dressing?" and "How gay do girls have to be to wear pants?" Gender equality cuts both ways, so the inevitable logical progression is guys wearing skirts. It's happening now. Way to go, babes!
pantyflash 1 year ago
there's an element of rebellion in wearing this in such a conformist society like Japan
meavid 1 year ago
wow, are you guys seriously being unfair. so they're gay because they're wearing skirts? you guys should listen to what you were saying, this mad me very angry to listen to you guys talk about this. it's not funny nor right to say that they are gay because they like to wear skirts. so now girls are lesbians because they like to wear pants? because they like the way they look they are now interested in the same-sex? you obviously don't understand what goes on in their minds so leave them alone
mrsmonkeyking250 1 year ago
@mrsmonkeyking250 you obviously didnt watch the whole video, because they are saying that the dude is a crossdresser, not gay...
crackerz99 1 year ago
I love TyT. But seriously, you need to look into the culture of other countries before throwing your insults to members of said cultures.
XxAznDarknezZxX 1 year ago
I've never met ANY gay guy who wears a skirt...
asheradensein 1 year ago 4
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thats what u called TRANSVENTISM.. period
mimi3321 1 year ago
thats what u called TRANSVENTISM.. period
mimi3321 1 year ago
@mimi3321 Ignorant you can't SPELL. Ignorant all are born naked, who wears what is WHIM not biology. Ignorant--psychiatric CULT used to call women in pants INSANE--NY Times May 27 1876 P.6 also psychologist Horace English 1958 women in pants was TRANSVESTISM. Ignorant, ignorant, i and I know something else about you based on demographics of your name and it's revolting!! Medieval Italians regarded pants on ANYONE as ridiculous read about Pantalone!! Self determination for all not only women
skirts365 1 year ago
You guys are are homophobic listen to yourselves
MrWkeeley 1 year ago
damn her tits are so fuckin niceOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..
nataniellek 1 year ago 2
One thing I know for sure is TYT pisses off Australians and the Japanese off.
zaggers77 1 year ago
@zaggers77 and us scotts lol.
fullmetalcock666 1 year ago
Do they wear panties under it?
yes4me 1 year ago
yeah,i live in japan,and actually i see many guys in baggy pants which look like skirt,or actual skirt.and also the other day one of my friends were like "i want a skirt" i was like wtf?
gjapan1332 2 years ago
It's just sad to see how closed-minded and culturally-lacking these people are to just slam someone like that as "gay" or
"retarded" in a negative light.
It's very admirable because girls and guys alike can wear whatever they want to express the unique human being they are and they are unafraid to show it.
Isn't freedom of expression something so many people in the past have all died for?!
I know something like this is strange but please respect all cultures. They're all beautiful.
MurasakiFuyu 2 years ago 2
Works in Japan, FAIL in my country.
cloudani 2 years ago 4
One of my Japanese friends told me that straight guys in Japan are getting effeminate day by day while gay guys are getting macho.
indusdolphin 2 years ago
The definitions are faulty. Fancy clothes = effeminate is FAULTY. Nature offers the male peacock & male lion MORE decoration than females. Read about The Great Masculine Renunciation on Google. Roman legions wore skirts and pants wearers today would run like all hell from them. Skirts are NOT "female" they are "human" because of NO diff of anatomy. Style diff does not = sex diff. Greeks today still wear skirts so do South Seas men, Egyptian dervishes and more others than you'd believe.
skirts365 2 years ago
9600 skirted Romans killed 80000 Britons at Battle of Watling Street Alexander the Great wore a skirt & massacred larger Persian armies. Maximinus Thrax military governor of Mesopotamia wore skirts & robes. He stood 8'6" wore bracelet as ring outran racehorse. Bill Kazmaier in kilt turned over full size auto on level surface by himself--engine & transmission not removed. Men in skirts are not necessarily effeminate STOP reasoning by association that's what a child does. Skirts = sex neutral
skirts365 1 year ago 6
@skirts365 i agree skirts are sex neutral, but skirts that have feminine designs, and are made to be worn by women, are not sex neutral, like the one that japanese dude was wearing. that was made for a woman, it had flowers, was pink, had like 100 different cloths, (usually) men dont care about the trim or the feeling of the cloth, and dont care how it flutters in the wind.
crackerz99 1 year ago
@crackerz99 South seas men do wear floral prints and are not womanly. When USA women started wearing pants in wartime factory work, they wore pants "intended for men," their husbands pants left in the closet that went to war! Intended for so and so is in the end nonsense. Every skirt/petticoat I own was "intended for women" except fustanella & it is frillier than most skirts "intended for women" Catholic clergy wear lace men should avoid bras & female impersonation but don't restrict choice!!
skirts365 1 year ago
The point of this episode is just to make Cenk and his nerdy friends look macho. Cenk, you're a big fat pussy with a tiny penis. SHUT UP ALREADY.
seanpiniero 2 years ago
Cenk gercekten kuresel kultur farkliliklarina tamamen kor yaklasiminla cok "gecen milenyumsun." Elinden gelse Afrikali kabilelerin kilik kiyafetine de bulasacaksin. Japonlarin altkulturlerini inceleyip elestirebilecek duyarliliga sahip degilsin. Kolaysa Turkiye'yi yonetenlerin teletubby kiyafetli uzayli kiyefetlerini elestir!
BTW bu kanala Ermenilerin dolusup kufretmemesini soyismi Ermeni olan sunucuya mi borclusunuz. Kurnazsiniz. Ama dunya gorusunuz kit-otesi. gencturkler mis...
narkiz 2 years ago
IT'S JAPAN. THEY DO THAT.
Cultural differences people
stophthecomputerwiz 2 years ago
His feminine side?
History lesson: Pants were not worn for the first 100+ centuries.
And women wear pants everyday... are they all lesbians?
dakoneko 2 years ago 58
@dakoneko Well a whole lot of women are bicurious and lesbians, but I see your point.
Imhornydadcomeinside 1 year ago
@dakoneko
and muslim men, catholic priests etc
no trousers
whitesquirrel7 1 year ago
Males have been wearing skirted garments for thousands of years. It's funny how now days it's okay for a man to wear a skirted garment only if it's a kilt, and if he is Irish or Scottish, but if he's not heaven forbid! Now days everyone is so quick to label a male in a skirt as gay. Did you know most gay guys don't like women and would never wear there clothing. We have been on this earth for so long and yet we have so many closed minded people! That's SAD!!!!
rudyiking 2 years ago 12
@rudyiking
Exactly. Epic fail TYT. They really bombed on this one.
dakoneko 2 years ago
Irish people don't wear skirts. It's the scottish.
musiclovinggurl123 2 years ago
Actually I find men in skirts/dresses sexy. A lot of ladies I know do. And Japan is a very endrodenous so this isn't a big deal to me. I wish you could have shown more than the one photo. it would be a more honest view of the sub-culture.
Marikay4 2 years ago 2
The black guy apears to have an open mind out this .....but the other dumbed down, insecure jock heads seem about as as bright as a box of rocks.....
gorsekiller 2 years ago
Bullshit
broa3917 2 years ago
Bullshit
broa3917 2 years ago
ファッションの１つでしょ？
そんなにすごい事？
こういう人、たまにいるけどすぐ、gayって。
固定概念が強い人には衝撃なのかな。
マッチョは嫌いなので、マッチョ信仰の無い国で良かった。精神力のある人間の方がいい。
tkmsytnos 2 years ago
as a japanese, its embarrassing. I can understand if i see those men in skirt on fashion show. as daily wear, i feel very awkward. i cant tolerate skirt boys, cosplay peeps, or overly tanned gyal girls, i just feel WTF.
lizainuk 2 years ago
I wanna bang all possible chinks, gooks, japs
sniperjoe26 2 years ago
these guys are so fucking ignorant....
otakulove12 2 years ago
I think it's cute and it'd work on some men, can't imagine my guy in a skirt though :P Women can wear pants and if guys wanna wear skirts then go ahead, perhaps in the future it'll be common.
lindafay1 2 years ago
I am 25 yr old woman and I agger with you some men do look cute and or sexy in a skit. Since Woman can ware pants and or skirts. I to hope that it do to think that if men... want to ware skirt I to think that is ok.
RoseKitsune1 2 years ago
you guys are so closed minded. In japan people dare to be different. They come up with their own style and create what they want. It's not a crime and their not gay either. you guys should've done research. their rock music is also called visual kei where Make-up is worn and skirts and lace and whatever but funny about 69 % of jrockers are married or have girlfriends. like miyavi people said and say he's gay but he has a daughter and a wife now. Open Your Minds. fat dude is ugly btw.
IrCafekko2009 2 years ago
If there were no cultural stigmas at all I would probably wear skirts.
Not mini skirts though.
Necromas 2 years ago
C'mon guys, why so offensive? You can't say that you accept it and who cares, but then link a piece of clothing with gay guys?
What the Hell? Stick to what you know.
properhorrorshow 2 years ago
I got in touch with my feminin side once, I had trouble removing the pencil lead from my dick hole though
Shadowlit001 2 years ago
What the hell ever happened to the samurai and ninja macho culture of Japan?
This country needs a super shot of testosterone and needs to grow some balls once again.
Mxyzptlk562 2 years ago
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Welcome to japan everything is fucked up here lol
EvilLanboy 2 years ago
yay japan woo
FredrichNietzsche25 2 years ago
Fuck society wear what you want.
Only a closed minded person would associate clothing with gender. Like all the fundamentalists who want women to wear ankle long bathing costumes and burhkas. That is what was once considered "normal" in society. If everyone had Cenk and the other guy's view that we should reinforce social stereotypes then change would not be possible. We wouldn't have Bikinis or hot pants!!
Tell it like it is Jayar...Men's Liberation baby.
Seleucus84 2 years ago 56
@Seleucus84 fuck change, i'd rather not have guys walking down the street with skirts and shit
jhardyrules13 1 year ago
@Seleucus84 HA HA YES
wizard101musicpics 1 year ago
@Seleucus84 Who made up these ethical rules anyway?!
Ask yourself that everybody. Is it right that total strangers throughout supposedly ancient times are going to control our lives in the present by making these rules?
Scourgeandmephiles93 9 months ago
Also you guys forget to mention the 1 billion men in India who wear sarongs which is like a skirt. Maybe in urban areas they wear it at home, but in more rural areas, men wear them everywhere. It is all cultural relativism.
velocity246 2 years ago 3
C'mon! Masculinity is different in each society! In some societies, muscular is masculine. In many Asian countries like Japan or Korea, "pretty" boys are considered to be more attractive by women, NOT muscular men. So it's all perspective!
velocity246 2 years ago 3
So true! If you take the Kpop band Super Junior, look at their MV for Happiness (Haengbok). It's all pink, makeup, lollipops, cutesy dancing. Then their video for U, dark clothes, trying to be sexy rather than cute. IDK about every girl but I personally prefer the cutesy video. They have such soft faces, I think it fits them better :)
lindafay1 2 years ago
Yeah exactly. And there's nothing wrong with that. You are attracted to what you're atracted to.
velocity246 2 years ago
Their U video was Sooooo unbelievably corny.
BarrackInsaneOsama 2 years ago 2
the kilt started out as a multipurpose garment. the scots would use them as tents, blankets and even fishing nets and in battle they would strip off and fight butt naked, which could be considered more gay than wearing a kilt.
the whole skirt thing is just a natural progression from guy-liner and manscara.
women, be warned. we're coming for the thing you hold must dear: YOUR WARDROBE!
Raedan23 2 years ago 5
well at least he isn't wearing a mini skirt. its just weird becaues its so rare, but there is definetly nothing wrong with it.
leftstanding 2 years ago
The analysis of gender construction is sorely lacking here, but Anna, you're looking hot!
BurnTheMan01 2 years ago
I thought they were doing it in defiance of gender stereotypes. Why does it have to be crossdressing, does a skirt have to instantly be associated with a woman? It's sexist and we should move past it.
Uktrayf 2 years ago 3
The Young Turks become less impressive each video I watch. Here they come across as stuck-up conservative homophobic simple minded and boring. If you can see your prejudices you should at least desire to get over them.
If the Japanese fellow explains that he's not gay even though he's wearing a skirt, there's no reason to follow that with "He's wearing a skirt, so he's probably gay".
nonameisacat 2 years ago 5
Let's hope its just a sarong!! Japan already has an unsustainable birthrate!!!! Oh dear!
amaqula 2 years ago
no it doesnt
Uktrayf 2 years ago
Yes it does!! Everyone knows that Japan has an usustainable birthrate!! And it doesn't seem to be getting better! Oh dear!!!
amaqula 2 years ago
i thought they had an ageing population.
Uktrayf 2 years ago 2
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Same thing! An ageing population is just a nice name for a dying population!!
Bring back the CATHOLIC STATE and save us from demographic meltdown - brought to you courtesy of secular democracies!!
amaqula 2 years ago
I misinterpreted, I thought you meant unsustainable in the sense that the population was too large to sustain.
Uktrayf 2 years ago
Lets hear it for aculturation and cultural snobery from the nation most renowned for its homophobia.
Honeslty, guys, i love you but damn! look at what YOU'RE WEARING! Brown and stripes, black and white or the ubiquitous T-Shirt (black). Northamerican fasion sucks for men, we lost the fasion wars. If you want to blend into a crowd or wear a uniform where your only permited variance is in colour or stripes, tie or no tie and the more severely plain the better, go ahead. don't judge this guy.
PsychoticusRex 2 years ago 5
So the guy puts on a different piece of clothing from what society says is acceptable, and he becomes a homo? Perhaps it's just his form of protest?
But really, this show is attacking him clearlly. That guy isn't afraid at all. So if he says he's not gay, he's not gay imo. It's not like he's trying to hide anything anyway.
NC360 2 years ago 3
I've been coming to this site for over a year. I stop by just to give it a one star rating. And then I move on.
NotEasilyRegimented 2 years ago
for years i have been wearing a towel rapped around my waste whenever at home and around the yard ,much to the bewilderment of my friends and neighbors , i am not a cross dresser , nor do i have gay tendencies ,i simply feel more comfortable .i believe it may be a race memory from my scottish heritage or i picked it up when i was a kid that spent many years on the beach with a towel rapped around . consider why the pacific islanders wear their sarongs , its fucking hot in jeans and jocks .
cathari5 2 years ago
so this is my question for the young turks why isnt there more promotion of men in feminine clothing like come on why not push to make unisex clothing!
anonymous6E6R6 2 years ago 2
Jayar has it backwards; kilts, togas, kimonos, all these things predated pants. Skirts and pants, and their gender-specificity, are much more recent, so it doesn't make sense to say that someone just decided that kilts were manly.
blackcolt2 2 years ago 3
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It's an absolute disgrace that men would go around dressed in skirts. Have some common decency for christ sake.
Spoons2008 2 years ago
Why do you hate women so much?
whiskers123 2 years ago 2
I don't hate women, don't know where you're getting that from. Men shouldn't be wearing skirts which is why I said they should have some common decency. Nothing wrong with women wearing skirts because skirts are specified towards that gender.
Spoons2008 2 years ago
Pants were specified towards the male gender. Should all women not wear pants now? Should the first women to create the trend of wearing pants have had some "common decency" and go back to their dresses & skirts?
kiwisunshine5233 2 years ago 6
How is it a disgrace? It's just clothing. Is it a disgrace that I'm a girl yet I wear jeans? Is it a disgrace that comedian Eddie Izzard wears high heels and a dress?
The answer, no. It isn't. Clothes are just that...clothes. I don't get why people have to put so much importance on which gender wears what.
bobdrantz 2 years ago 5
The reason why it is offensive for a man to dress like a woman, yet completely tolerated when women dress like men (wearing pants and t-shirts for women is acceptable where I live) is because we have these age old ideas that men are better than women. It is understandable in our society for a woman to want to be like a man, however the idea that a man would want to be like a woman makes no sense in a world where men are valued more than women.That is how this all started in the early 1900s.
whiskers123 2 years ago
When women wear pants... are they cross dressers?
whiskers123 2 years ago 4
it used to be that way
plus44fan36 2 years ago
Whahahaha, 3:54 indeed xD
daddyleon 2 years ago
Sorry cenk, you are definitely the bad guy here.
wisdumcube 2 years ago 2
British noblemen wore skirts a thousand years ago, and stockings and corsets, clothes don't really make the person if you think about it from a historical aspect. If there weren't a stigma... and i didn't have such hairy legs, I might actually be willing to wear a skirt. But I am gay, so sadly I think there would be even more stigma and what not to me doing that.
marxphoenix 2 years ago
Shave them and you'll be good to go...
gorsekiller 2 years ago
Man, normally I like TYT, but they're just being BASTARDS. People dress the way they want. WTF guys?!
Shade7677 2 years ago 2
I am a little upset too, its culture clash..!!!
GrNature 2 years ago 2
Everybody should be told when they're acting like a total bell-end. You make stupid blanket statements about a race of people, ignoring the subjectivity of the matter altogether, and throw around homophobic insults like you're 13. I don't care if you don't care whether or not I care that you don't care what I think about you. Get over yourself, and stop being such a cheese-beetle.
ViolentRiC 2 years ago
it's a sad commentary for TYT that you're obviously making fun of these guys who are much more secure in their sexuality than 96% of Americans. I thought I was watching Fox News for a minute.
jamesistuben5000 2 years ago 5
It's a different tradition. They know they are putting on clothes that are intended for women, that are looked upon by society as feminine. It's all relative; no one looks at the kilt as feminine in Britain.
yohaneuano4 2 years ago
there is nothing inherently feminine or masculine about wearing kilts and it is determined by culture and tradition
qbslug 2 years ago
I prefer to wear hippy skirts, not because I'm a woman, but because they are so much more comfortable than pants. I think it's sad that men stigmatize themselves into missing out on the joy of wearing a skirt. I know very few women who would possibly look down a dude wearing a skirt - it's guys that hold themselves back in this regard. Too bad.
WellIAMScottish 2 years ago
Women who started wearin pants were originally labeled crossdressers. and wearing so-called "shkirts" or "dresses" is very traditional in a lot of countries, africa, abrab counries, no one wears pants. I think crossdressing is when u are trying to appear as the opposite sex, i think they are just trying to make it oka for men to wear skirts. In japan en traditionaly wore kimonos, not pants.
B00mBoomboy 2 years ago
gay guys are not girls...
hazydayz988 2 years ago
So after debating "manliness", do we now call what Muslim men wear "dresses?" I'm sure they like the airy feel. What abt Catholic robes? And yes, the kilt IS a skirt. Remember, men were wearing "skirts" LONG before they were wearing pants. My point is, b/c it's called a skirt, Cenk is going nuts. But if you call it something else, maybe it's all right? WTF? Personally, I think Egyptian men depicted in skirts in ancient art were more man & could kick more ass than TYTon ANY given day. Sorry Cenk.
missnewbienoob 2 years ago 3
girls do like to decorate themselves but if you see a Scot wearing a kilt (skirt) I'd highly recommend NOT assuming he's gay
jrubin22 2 years ago
Like Ana said, women in the 1800s were insulted for wearing pants. Men are 200 years behind in terms of equality in clothing options, so insecure men need to leave these guys alone who are just being pioneers. The only reason people love kilts so much is that there's a liberation in breaking social taboos but the guys who wear them are still governed too much by what other people think about them.
Cenk, man up and put on the damn skirt.
fiercefunky 2 years ago 3
I don't want to stigmatise here, but I lived in Japan for 15 month and I was again and again shocked how "gay" the majority of Japanese men actually appear in public. Not only how they dress themselves but also their way of talking, their gestures and the whole habitus. And I found this image also confirmed in Japanese media, commercials and so on. So I believe the guy when he says that he's not gay, but only because I've seen even more feminine guys in Japan before.
molty0 2 years ago
now i know why japanese chicks go crazy and all horny when they see a white or latin man
Bob543733465 2 years ago
You are full of shit... I feel like hitting you.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
how am i full of shit? my cousin was in japan and told me all about it.
Bob543733465 2 years ago
Did you know that most japanese look down on outsiders? You know what they call anyone who isn't japanese in japan? Gaijin.
You'd be hard pressed to find any girls that wasn't sluts already to find want "white" and "latin" cock.. which you're just telling yourself that to make you feel like someone wants your ugly butt just because you are white or latin.
Piff, you have to be attractive to attract the opposite sex not "white" or "latin". Any race can be attractive.. douche.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
Type "White man cafe in Tokyo" in the video search.
Bob543733465 2 years ago
Ah, you think that the whole friggin race? You idiot INTERRACIAL DATING ISN'T A NEW THING. IF YOU OPENED YOUR EYES YOU'RE IGNORANT UGLY BUTT WOULD SEE THAT INTERRACIAL BARS/ DATINGS SITES ARE ALL OVER. Friggin ignorant buffoon. I'm supposed to be attracted to you just because you're some ugly white guy? Fuck off.
Hell lets get random.. Type monkey sex in tokyo in the video search
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
you mad? god damn, you need to chill out i meant no harm, you sexually oppressed psycho.
Bob543733465 2 years ago
Fuck you and your ignorance.. its generalizing bastards like you that I wish would die off. You think a whole race of people want to suck your dick because you're white? Why you arrogant dick.. go get stabbed in the heart that you don't have.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA!! do you even stop and think how you come off? cursing off people, and wishing death on people by getting stabbed..i feel sorry for you. have a good life alone, i'll take care of your women for you -_-
Bob543733465 2 years ago
I hope I come off like an evil condescending bitch. You deserve much more than that. You generalizing piece of shit. Me love white fat american men long time? Give me a fucking break, you stay your fat asses in America.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
gaijin isn't a bad word, it just means foreigner. it's a shortened form of gaikokujin, and gaijin is just like saying "fridge" instead of "refrigerator". It is not bad intention.. You imply that it is a bad slang when it is not. The reason you might *think* it is bad is because you sometimes hear "baka gaijin" which means "Stupid foreigner". gaijin in itself is not offensive, but if you say "baka gaijin" it is offensive.
ChristinaWatkinson 2 years ago 2
or I might think its bad because there are many establishments where there are 'no gaijins allowed'
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
they do that only rarely and mostly in the heavy tourism area, because their are so many foreigners around that do cause problems in that area. There have been many cases where foreigners go into bars and start fights. The reason is that in their country, (US, AUS, etc) bar fights are a normal thing that some people even look forward to. In Japan, this is taboo. You don't go into a bar and start fights. This is why many gaijin are not welcomed in some places because so many do not respect.
ChristinaWatkinson 2 years ago
... you have no idea what you're talking about.
LovelesEntertainment 2 years ago
@LovelesEntertainment
....yes i do... many foreigners don't respect and do whatever they want.
ChristinaWatkinson 2 years ago
Ive been scotland and hardly anyone wears a kilt. And im pretty certain you'd get stabbed for walking around in skirt in Glasgow.
Fangtorn 2 years ago
Maybe he just likes to go comando and let his junk hang in the breeze....sounds drafty and nice.
Ilovekatamari76 2 years ago
Why does that guy always feel the need to play ignorant male patriarch? I thought The Young Turks was a left leaning show...? I'm not even sure if he's being sincere or not with his discomfort about gender bending politics.
Devin1488 2 years ago 2
i like the show better when its just ana and cenk.
LeSamouraiKiller 2 years ago 2
aren't japansese always attention whore seekers when they wear clothes... i mean they always dress loony like that pandabear look
robinvan1983 2 years ago
JR man you keep saying amazing good points all the time.
1111fm 2 years ago 2
God Ana looks bomb in this episode.
Ivan951 2 years ago
Not even women should wear skirts. They are a highly impractical type of clothing. Japanese basically have no sense of individuality. They believe being unique is a good thing and yet they are incapable of being unique, so the closest thing they can get to being unique is being part of a group of people who dress strangely. In Japan, there is no Culture, there is only Consumerism.
DeimosSaturn 2 years ago
Uh....aren't Americans basically a bunch of mindless consumerists as well?
Hell, look at every tween girl in the USA. You'll be hard-pressed to find one that doesn't want to buy the latest clothes from (insert trendy store here) or own the latest CD by (insert name of no-talent singer/band here).
You want to talk about a place where there's no Culture only Consumerism, look no further than the MTV/Disney Channel generation here in the good ol USA. Japan's got NOTHING on them.
bobdrantz 2 years ago 4
TYT is clearly setting a double standard here. Cenk and Ben are showing their ignorance of this issue.
purelyotiose1 2 years ago
Kilts were around before pants were in Scotland... I think.
As far as the skirt wearing "fad" goes... No matter how messed up or weird you are, there is somebody out there who is into it. The key to a happy life is to find somebody as messed up as you are and enjoy yourself.
:P
Joxman2k 2 years ago
In Japan it is ok for straight men to look "pretty", not something people can understand outside of that culture until you get to know their culture. A lot of men there cannot pull of a buff/macho look, thus, they go for a pretty look and many women there like it.
ndyt 2 years ago
Isn't that a stupid looking dress?
shadowcnidarian 2 years ago
Yep.
Hater656 2 years ago
Who care what people wear... I mean it wasn't that long ago that Women who wore Pants were badly seen... If a guy wants to wear a dress, its up to him, Dress are less practical than pants anyway...
EckoStream 2 years ago
Men all around the world wear skirts - only they go by diiferent names. There are entire countries where men wear traditional "skirts" but are named sarongs, kains, or whatever.
WormRecon 2 years ago
Yeah. I can't say that I like wearing skirts, well actually I wouldn't be able to make that statement because I've never worn a skirt. But I don't care if other guys like it. I think it has nothing to do with their sexuality.
I think I just expected TYT to be as open-minded as they say they are. They say, sure it's ok to wear it. But you need to admit that you're gay, or a little gay. And that makes no sense. One has nothing to do wit h the other.
ianpolitano07 2 years ago
I often wear skirt-like clothing (I'm a guy). There's a tie-dye wrap I often wear, and I also use an old bowling shirt wrapped like a skirt over my shorts, but I'm not gay. I would wear a skirt if it was socially acceptable, but the stigma (especially here in the South) is too much.
Skirts are more comfortable!
Still, you can walk around home naked all you want... :D
ThorsDecree 2 years ago 2
yes. lol
soupy0007 2 years ago
CRAB PEOPLE CRAB PEOPLE
PartVIII 2 years ago
"quilts" lol.
Teenagefreedomfightr 2 years ago
Hey Cenk, you've been posting loads of crap about my country recently haven't you? I think you're going a bit too far (e.g. about the growing number of gropers in Japan which isn't true at all). You know what Cenk, I remember seeing a bunch of emo boys at malls wearing skirts back when I stayed in Cali, so how come you don't talk about them? Don't get me wrong, I'm still your huge fan, but there are things I can't turn a blind eye to
bigolebadassbob 2 years ago
the statement "I like how the hem flutters in the wind" may be effeminate in our culture, but the same not can be assumed universally
someone at some point had to establish such arbitrary social standards such as gender roles, so there is really no reason to follow them
akasaart 2 years ago
ana;s boobs. lookin nice
duckmanx88 2 years ago 3
The only thing that makes a guy wearing skirt crossdressing is societies perception. People aren't born with a perception of what clothes people should wear, we're taught the differences we practice. Really kilts, skirts, or whatever seem easier to deal with, practical even.
Why exactly the guy went out of his way to dress like Betsy Ross, well...
mrethrift 2 years ago 5
Wow, those are huge knockers!!
WhyNotTruth 2 years ago
Why do you pronounce "Jesus" as if he was from a country in which Spanish is spoken? He is Brazilian, the "J" in his name is pronounced just like "Jesus" in English.
ultranol1983 2 years ago
Jesus is from mexico I believe not sure, But he speaks spanish and looks hispanic, Take a wild guess he's spanish.
WyrmPrince 2 years ago