Are there guys out there who paint their toe nails? (long, color)
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if i like a color i will wear it. Whether it be in the form of clothing, polish, hair bands, whatever. I shave my body because for one i hate looking like some sort of hairy man-beast and if i dont shave I get a ton of ingrown hairs usually forming big pus pockets) and that usually freaks ppl out more than me shaving.
So if white is a straight color and red is also, how does pink become a gay color? Do 2 straight people standing together equal a gay couple?
If a guy wants to do so, more power to him. I wouldn't do it personally, but that's more out of personal inclination rather than some outmoded and restrictive definition of "masculinity" (as if such a thing has an objective existence anyway). I honestly feel nothing but pity for all of the poor men out there that are so concerned with their masculinity and machismo that they basically have no outlets for self expression whatsoever aside from expressing their rage and hatred toward men who don't buy into the silliness around them.
This attitude is especially prevalent among men from Western cultures. It seems that most of them either won't (or simply can't) comprehend the fact that there is no absolute standard of "masculinity", and that some things that today might be considered gay or even transsexual were (or in some cultures, are) considered properly or even desirably masculine. Take this image of a Sri Lankan man in a sarong, for example:
In many places in the west, (especially America, especially the American South) a man would literally be placing himself in physical danger by wearing something like this. However, in Sri Lanka it is as normal to them as a pair of blue jeans are to us. Now tell me, are you so confident in your absolute, objective definition of masculinity that you would feel comfortable telling all of these men about how unmasculine they are?
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If a guy wants to do so, more power to him. I wouldn't do it personally, but that's more out of personal inclination rather than some outmoded and restrictive definition of "masculinity" (as if such a thing has an objective existence anyway). I honestly feel nothing but pity for all of the poor men out there that are so concerned with their masculinity and machismo that they basically have no outlets for self expression whatsoever aside from expressing their rage and hatred toward men who don't buy into the silliness around them.
Have you ever been made fun of or bullied for doing something considered girly?
Not that I have, but I can imagine. But is so terrible about femme guys anyway? It's like the more 'masculine' males have to go and tear him apart out of some brutal purging instinct.
Have you ever been made fun of or bullied for doing something considered girly?
Not that I have, but I can imagine. But is so terrible about femme guys anyway? It's like the more 'masculine' males have to go and tear him apart out of some brutal purging instinct.
I've never been into acting 'girly', or cross-dressing, but I was definitely bullied for not being "manly enough". I grew up in Georgia, in the American South, which is essentially a living, breathing Powerthirst commercial. I am very quiet and collected by nature, and my artistic and musical tastes toward the 'feminine' For example, I love the musical group "Blue Stone", which is about as soft and feminine as music can get. (Most people don't realize that the music itself is, in fact, composed by men!)
Things like hose and tights used to be exclusively for men as well, LONG before women ever wore them. I wonder how many men here would have the balls to call out, say, Henry VIII for wearing tights. (Answer: Not a single one that values their life)!
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Things like hose and tights used to be exclusively for men as well, LONG before women ever wore them. I wonder how many men here would have the balls to call out, say, Henry VIII for wearing tights. (Answer: Not a single one that values their life)!
Lol...they showed off his manly calves.
In Roman times men wore short 'skirts' while women wore maxi-dresses, lol. It was probably seen as inappropriate for women to show leg. Now it's the opposite lmao.
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