Quote Originally Posted by Slo-go'en View Post
My lady friend whom I hike with a lot wears "leggings" during the shoulder seasons. She prefers these to hiking pants. They seem to be popular with woman hikers these days, I see a lot of them on the trails we day hike. Unless you have a really nice butt to show off, I'd suggest you also wear shorts over them .
The first half of this comment is an example of a man attempting to be helpful in the women's forum. (Not necessarily succeeding, as I'm confident the OP didn't need a guy to point out the existence of "leggings" as if the term was from a foreign language.)

The second half is an example of an instance where maybe the man should have thought twice about whether his opinion was relevant before posting it. Is a man's opinion on the appearance of women's butts in leggings relevant to a conversation about comfortable, lightweight clothing for backpacking as a woman? (It's not.)
Ah, Whiteblaze.