Wear a Skirt Wednesday
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| Wear a Skirt Wednesday | |
| Active | 1980s through Present |
| Campus(es) | Davidson, East, West |
| Day | Wednesday |
| Term(s) | I and II |
Wear a Skirt Wednesday (or WASW) takes place the second Wednesday of TIP. Its origins are unclear, but it is speculated it has been in existance for more than 15 years. Other campuses (Appalachian State University) and groups (ADFers, Young Writers) have imitated this tradition.
[edit] Origins
| In the 80's, guys wore skirts to show that they could be masculine without wearing guy clothes (back then, they wore long skirts, and nothing else), and eventually the girls did too. A different WASW origination story states that at West, the OSC wanted the girls to dress up for the second Wednesday (called TiPquinox at East apparently), and so said at an all-campus meeting, "I want everyone to wear a skirt on Wednesday" or something to that effect. The boys took it literally and started wearing skirts.
By 1997, WASW had evolved into cross-dressing day. In term 1 of that year, they had casino night instead of the Bulls game and at the end, an auction was held where you could pool your money with anyone and bid on things. One of the prizes was a "day in your honor." This was bought and dedicated that year to Sarah [last name removed]. She didn't dress in "girl" clothing much, so all the girls wore stereotypical guy clothes in her honor, thus goes one explanation of how WaSW became cross-dressing day. |
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It should be noted, however, that Wear a Skirt Wednesday is still seen by most TiPsters who respect TiP tradition as Wear a Skirt Wednesday, not cross-dressing day. It never became "cross-dressing day," though many girls choose to dress in manly clothing on that day.
At ASU, this was taken one, perhaps more, steps further into what is officially called "Opposite Day", but mostly spoken as "Cross-dress Day." Boys dress likes girls, and girls dress like boys, each one putting socks wherever they need to go to fake the opposite sex. For TiPsters at ASU upholding this tradition (almost all of them) it would do you good not use duct tape for anything. It's a bad idea.
