Reply To: Taking part in other cultural activities

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Sebastian
Participant

Yes, this applies to me. For example, I have a sarong that I like to wear. In Polynesia and Southeast Asia it’s common for men to wear them. Not in Canada. My family, especially my parents, are very conservative about matters like this, and one of my brothers who sees himself as the guardian of normality or something along those lines really hates it because it’s not normal. Now, with the idea of men in skirts, two things can happen: They are either pigeon-holed as cross-dressers or as homosexuals, or, as being associated with some other lifestyle – the ‘Oh, he dresses this way? it must mean he listens to New Age, believes in positive energy and practices vegetarianism’ or something along those lines. I wear my sarong at home sometimes because it’s comfortable, but if I wore it on the streets of Montreal I’d be eaten alive, figuratively speaking. In the summer it’s so hot, but I have to endure certain constraints because of the constraints of society’s narrow mind.

User Detail :  

Name : Sebastian, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Not sure what to believe!, Age : 22, City : Montreal, Quebec, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,