{"id":3113,"date":"2025-04-22T08:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:29:24","slug":"straight-happily-married-man-loves-to-wear-heels-and-skirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"Straight, happily married man loves to wear heels and skirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mark Bryan is a 61-year-old engineer from Germany who isn\u2019t afraid to challenge gender stereotypes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While high heels were initially intended for men to add height and fashion in the 10th\u00a0century, they have obviously become associated almost exclusively with women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-723c050e87991286b8e28e367599c422\" class=\"newsner-723c050e87991286b8e28e367599c422 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\"><\/div>\n<p>Mark is one of many modern men who are reclaiming the popular type of shoe for those other than those of us who were born female.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Bryan is a 61-year-old father of three who works as a robotics engineer and splits most of his time between fatherhood and work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-72b01bbb121a6e4e85a51011d6467f3f\" class=\"newsner-72b01bbb121a6e4e85a51011d6467f3f newsner-incide_content_once\"><\/div>\n<p>To look at him, you would not immediately assume the man has a social media following, but the German native has recently created a stir on the Internet with his bold outfits and images.<\/p>\n<p>Mark recently amassed a following on Instagram of almost 660,000 users with his posts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CjLTyZtoGEz\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=800&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fgender%2Fthis-straight-happily-married-man-loves-to-wear-heels-and-skirts-in-his-everyday-wardrobe%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2PVX1ZlxfxN4n35Ob-6jJBcPDS0NuoGf_7m9Xt07mpdJ4mwey82Q5Ra-0#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1804.8999999761581%7D\" height=\"1220\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His looks often consist of pumps, boots, and skirts. Accompanying his diverse closet items are Mark\u2019s own words, where he speaks out about how normal his clothing practices are.<\/p>\n<p>The engineer believes that clothes should have no gender. He tends to lean towards skirts over dresses so that he can wear more traditionally \u201cmasculine\u201d tops above the waist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-948201682\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-e2a8780718ebe416850cb8ea89fe9106\" class=\"newsner-e2a8780718ebe416850cb8ea89fe9106 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>Fairly, he believes that items like skirts provide a wider range of variety than the typical slacks or pants most men wear to work.<\/p>\n<p>Mark\u2019s children support his efforts, especially as he raised them with clear communication on the fact that clothes are not indicative of sexuality or gender.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CazRFFhohbI\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=800&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fgender%2Fthis-straight-happily-married-man-loves-to-wear-heels-and-skirts-in-his-everyday-wardrobe%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2PVX1ZlxfxN4n35Ob-6jJBcPDS0NuoGf_7m9Xt07mpdJ4mwey82Q5Ra-0#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1820.7999999523163%7D\" height=\"1292\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His daughter is one of his biggest fans, waiting for the day that she can borrow some of her father\u2019s clothing items.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, his wife supports his choices and even helps him pick out outfits.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is as understanding, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Mark has experienced a variety of negative comments online and in person, and he must often remind others that they would not be making these comments or asking these questions if he were wearing more traditional pants.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChsE3wHobCs\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=800&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fgender%2Fthis-straight-happily-married-man-loves-to-wear-heels-and-skirts-in-his-everyday-wardrobe%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2PVX1ZlxfxN4n35Ob-6jJBcPDS0NuoGf_7m9Xt07mpdJ4mwey82Q5Ra-0#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A1826.2000000476837%7D\" height=\"1328\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Do you think you would be able to be in Mark\u2019s shoes?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Bryan is a 61-year-old engineer from Germany who isn\u2019t afraid to challenge gender stereotypes. While high heels were initially intended for men to add height and fashion in the 10th\u00a0century, they have obviously become associated almost exclusively with women. Mark is one of many modern men who are reclaiming the popular type of shoe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3113\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Straight, happily married man loves to wear heels and skirts&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3114,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/3114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}