True it isn't necessarily about gender (of course not every woman wears them) though I haven't seen anyone who identifies as male wear them (though I suspect it

True it isn't necessarily about gender (of course not every woman wears them) though I haven't seen anyone who identifies as male wear them (though I suspect it might happen in the Gothic community). Hence the way I stated the question. Sorry I didn't mean to offend. I asked my female identifying friends and most of them said that they don't like to wear them but they think they look good so they do it anyway :) And one said she loves them because she can sharpen them so she can scratch people (she's a dominatrix :). So yeah, reasons can vary.