@mar3sword:
"Life is filled with many contradictions!"
😜I'll try to explain:
First you're a guy commenting on a skirt, so unless you are complimenting me or you wear or are wanting to try one, that discredits your opinion. Modesty can be a matter of practical concern, something you as a male not be familiar with.
Your first comment - "Looks impractical to be honest". Yes, to you perhaps but, I'm not always a practicle person. So I choose to give you my "rationel".
Now if you read in the body of the question, I specifically was asking the opinion of girly girls/gurls. Are you one? Not that discredits you from stating your opinion. But please don't expect me to yield to a man telling me something I want desire and enjoy is going to enamor me to your thought process.
If you notice too, she didn't try to argue after I made my points known to her. She pointed out her opinion, I expressed my reasons. We moved on.
You've been attempting (in male fashion, *BAM ) to discredit any value I have given to the look, joy and feel of wearing this skirt hiking, simply based on your opinion. If your opinion Is that you don't think it practical, then don't wear a skirt hiking!
So because you continue to attempt to one up me, I can assume a couple of things, you're OCD, you're pragmatic, you might be a little narsisistic, you're like me in that you LOVE to argue!
BTW; as mentioned earlier to you, many male AT through hikers have taken to wearing skirts for the freedom of movement and airy nature. That was their justifiable practicality.