Ha! As the only man on a DIY livery yard of 25 owner/riders I am never short of women to talk to. I thought you'd know this sort of thing being a straight male rider of 49 years experience. Actually I came on the H&H forum because I thought, as the magazine is perhaps the only equestrian publication that isn't skewed towards women, there maybe some other blokes on the forum with good recommendations for where a lazy shopper like me can find good breeches. As it happens the women here have been the most helpful by far!
Funnily enough I didn't, until I started shopping for Breeches!
I know! I think most women feel the same (and probably most men). Rest assured it's a purely a comfort thing not a fashion statement. I generally get changed at the yard. Hop on my horse. Ride it around a bit, hop-off, and get changed back into civvies almost immediately. There's no parading about for me!