Mailman Fights For His Right To Wear A Kilt

Boston Globe:

Dean Peterson has heard the snickering.

His 17-year-old son "keeps quiet" about his father's new obsession, and when his 15-year-old son proposed following in his dad's footsteps, the principal at the boy's school warned that other students might pick on him.

But the 6-foot-tall, 250-pound mail carrier from Lacey, Wash., doesn't worry about anyone questioning his virility, or ogling his bare knees. He just wants to feel as free as a woman wearing a skirt.

"A lot of people think I'm crazy," said Peterson, 48, who became a mail carrier after retiring from the Air Force eight years ago. "This is important to me - I just want to be comfortable. I just want the option."

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Comments

[mabinog]

As long as he is not going commando what is the beef?

That kilt looks like it is in the USPS color scheme and is as professional as the shorts the letter carriers wear in summer months.

There are kilts being marketed for construction workers, though I don't know how that is going over.

[midknightryder13]

What the heck is wrong with a man wearing a kilt! You go, Dean. (I own two, btw.)