Poll: Men with purses

[Strazdas]

purses are commonpractice where i live. why would anyone mock you for one?
granted, last yer i though it was kinda useless, but now i carry one as well, its very handly and keeps your pockets free.

 

[mechashiva77]

Do whatever the hell you want. I'm personally tired of all this hyper-masculinized bull crap. It always seems ok for women to do masculine things, but never for men to do feminine things.

 

[Zen Bard]

What if it is a bag that simply does not have a long enough strap to wear it cross-shoulder? Because those are universally purses.

Such as that cat-purse thing.

Well, I think you pretty much answered your own question there.

And as for that cat-purse thing. No...just...no. I have an 18 year old niece with a severe "Hello Kitty" fetish and even SHE would be caught dead with that.

 

[Abomination]

What if it is a bag that simply does not have a long enough strap to wear it cross-shoulder? Because those are universally purses.

Such as that cat-purse thing.

Well, I think you pretty much answered your own question there.

And as for that cat-purse thing. No...just...no. I have an 18 year old niece with a severe "Hello Kitty" fetish and even SHE would be caught dead with that.

So, it's not a satchel, it's a PURSE. A semi-functional bag that's more of a fashion statement than a practical object.

And that is not a masculine quality.

 

[DeathStreamer]

think wallets pretty much solved all mens problems with carrying ID and money so i dont see the point, what interests me is why women don't carry wallets since they always seem to be losing their shit. seriously fashion start giving women more pockets and less fucking dresses made of meat

also this is the only coin purse you can carry and still be a man
http://www.australiagift.com/scrotum_shop/
nothing says "i'm a man don't fuck with me" more than ripping somethings ballsack off and using it to store your shit in

It also makes you ultra prone to gay jokes, since I can say that whoever would buy those literally fondles ballsacks for money, without lying.

Jesus, I'm a guy and I have a coin purse that I bought while I was in Japan that looks like a small cat face, fits in the palm of my hand and uses a zipper, and that thing is the shit (It's so cute I could explode). Anyone who would insult my cute kitty cat coin purse shall suffer my infernal wrath.

 

[BarbaricGoose]

Well, I WOULD save my dog from the whirlpool, so that's the obvious choice for me.

However, slightly off topic, I think men should be able to carry purses if they want to. I mean, how does it affect me? You want a purse? Have at it, man.

Also:

Any arguments against purses/satchels are invalid.

 

[Saladfork]

Well, I'll mock you for it, but I certainly won't stop you.

I wonder where exactly the line between 'purse' and, for example, 'laptop bag' is. I personally use the latter quite often, as do many people, I'm sure, but they're very similar in principle.

 

[Loki J]

Who uses coins anymore?

 

[Superlative]

Messenger Bags and satchels are no big deal for men where I'm from. dudes havecrap they need to lug around, and not all of it fits in the pocket. backpacks typically aren't warn by non-students, so those are the only way to lug around a laptop or important business files without folding them up.

Straight up purses generally aren;t worn and if you do, people will assume your super-ultra-mega-gay and you may get some grief for it. I honestly would probably give the person a strange look and go about my business.

 

[RandV80]

It's certainly a 'turn in your man card' offense but personally it's one I kind of wish we could rethink, there is some practicality in having a larger bag to carry your shit around in. Of course the real craziness of the female purse is how they can cost thousands of dollars or how women will own dozen's of different ones all to go with different outfits. A theoretical man purse on the other hand would be a more utilitarian black and entirely functional all-purpose object.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Buy a wallet.

Purses are just a bit camp. Sure you can use them, but you will look camp (although what people seem to be calling purses are things that I know as satchels. I have a Slipknot satchel...)

 

[Frezzato]

Step one: get a bag bag with a strap long enough to wear on the opposite shoulder (i.e. a satchel or messenger bag)
Step two: make sure material/condition of the bag is something that can take a beating and less "designer leather"-y.
Step three: throw that bag in the garbage and wear cargo pants like I do.

And you're done.

HELL YEAH Courierware!

 

[Charli]

...I'm a woman. I use a wallet.

Use whatever you damn well please. My coins go into a tin at the end of the day and when I've done the week I check to see how much I have and either a) buy a snack or b) buy a little thing to keep my mind occupied.

If you feel you need your change with you but don't have sufficient space for it then by all means just use a purse/handbag. I know I own one, and it's actually more 'general bag' looking than most of those kinds of things. You can find some nice looking ones that don't clash or stand out as 'feminine'.

 

[geK0]

Really? "No purses at all (I'm a nazi)"?

Glad you opened this thread with such an open-minded,unbiased view!

It was never mean to be a very serious thread.... More of a melodramatic 'making a mountain out of a molehill' sort of rants.

honestly, I love the response I'm getting from this thread, haha

A lot of people have already said this, but there are plenty of methods available to not be carrying around that many coins in the first place. Just drop all your loose change in a jar somewhere when you get home, or if you drive a car then designate one cupholder for change and trade it in for bills when it gets full in either case. Or just try to use coins more often when paying for things. As far as

I leave them in my pockets when changing pants and they end up getting strewn about my mess of a bedroom.

goes...that's not a coin problem, that's an absent-mindedness problem.

Overall I would probably mock you a bit, not because it is "unmanly" but because it seems like an unnecessary solution to a problem that you have caused yourself, and I find inefficiency to be hilarious when it isn't infuriating.

I prefer keeping my coins with me, I usually don't have so many that using a jar at home would be worth while (I usually prefer to pay with exact change).

And yes, I am VERY absent minded, I lose things VERY OFTEN, but my coin pouch helps prevent me from losing my change; IT WORKS! I'm not going to seek a new method of keeping my coins just because of some arbitrary societal bias against men possessing coin pouches.

 

[StBishop]

Man

Purse

Pick one.

Why not use a Backpack? Or get a Wallet with a Coin holder? How much change are we talking about here?

Wallets usually have very small coin pouches which I find awkward to use, it also makes it difficult to lose the wallet when there is a lot of change in it; I find it much easier to carry a small pouch for my change.

also, I REALLY don't see why a man can't have a shoulder slung bag...I mean it's just a bag.... slung around your shoulder.... it really doesn't have quality that a rational person would deem unmasculine.

Get a proper (non unisex/non feminine) satchel bag/messenger bag. Or backpack. Or breifcase/suitcase.

There're plenty of options which are more manly. Why would you bother with a purse? It seems ridiculous, there's a reason people say "keep the change" because you're right, it's a hassle.

I have 2 sections in my wallet for coins, I use neither, because it'll ruin the leather. I keep my coins in my pocket, backpack, in a tip jar, anywhere but a purse.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

If The Boondocks says its cool...

 

[AngloDoom]

Men should do what the fuck they want.
A purse does not make anyone less of a man and I feel truly sorry for those who think it does.
Nothing more insecure than blokes who think they can be emasculated.

While I agree with the point you're trying to make, I don't think it's the most insecure thing a person can do. I'm sure, even on the days where you really can't be bothered, you still wear clothes rather than pyjamas out, and you prefer to be seen as attractive than unattractive: I'd say it's that level of insecurity.

Blokes feel they can be emasculated because a lot of people are disgusted by effeminate men and many men would rather go about their lives without being openly insulted by strangers, seen as less attractive by potential sexual partners, and having personality traits prescribed to them (cowardly, incapable) that don't necessarily fit.

Sure men should buck up and do what they want, but it's been ingrained in most men since birth that lack of masculinity = ugly and pathetic, so it's pretty big step to take.

 

[bearlotz]

I prefer keeping my coins with me, I usually don't have so many that using a jar at home would be worth while (I usually prefer to pay with exact change).

...huh? I thought you had so many coins that it became problematic to keep them in your pockets and they flew all over the place when you left them in your pockets? That sounds like plenty enough to warrant their own jar. My point is that using a purse separate from a wallet already is seeking a new methodology, societal conventions don't even need to enter the picture at this stage.

That said, I'm getting the distinct impression that this has gone (at least for the purposes of this thread) beyond a purely utilitarian scope and into the realm of making some kind of stand re: gender roles, "appropriate" clothing, and whathaveyou. Nothing wrong with that, but it does change my response to this.

Then again, I just carry a backpack and wear cargo pants everywhere so lack of storage space is a pretty unfamiliar problem to me.