[valkyrie]

In my experience, nobody gives a crap whether I'm wearing a skirt or pants. I used to wear skirts to job interviews because it was drilled into my head in law school that it was the only appropriate choice. I gave that up a long time ago. I wear skirts when I feel like it and because I like to sometimes, but I mostly wear pants. Even if I thought anybody would take me more seriously if I wore a skirt, I wouldn't wear one for that reason because that's just me changing my behavior to fit someone else's outdated stereotype of what a woman should wear. I think it's about damn time we stopped letting our fashion choices (or any choices for that matter) be dictated by others.

I don't understand why men would take a woman more seriously if she's in a skirt. My gut reaction would be that he'd take you less seriously because if anything, he's going to be staring at your legs. Believe me, it happens. As a woman, you can always use that to your advantage if you want, but that's your choice.