Outside of Western cultures, men's
clothing commonly includes
skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in North America and much of Europe, the wearing of a skirt is today usually seen as typical for women and girls and not men and boys, the most notable exceptions being the
cassock and the
kilt. People have variously attempted to promote the wearing of skirts by men in Western culture and to do away with this
gender distinction, albeit with limited general success and considerable cultural resistance.