To answer the last question: I don't enjoy anything that is feminine, no.
I mean, there's nothing off the top of my head. Surely if I thought real hard I'd come up with something but overall I'm very much out of touch with my feminine side.
I've got grainy, sandpapery hands, would rather die than get a manicure, I have more scars than you can shake a stick at, have at least 1 healing scratch/wound at any given time, and when I go out for something other than work I wear jeans, sneakers and a plain tshirt.
Yes, that's only the appearance, but that's what the thread is about.
As for the other questions:
-A positive step? No. It's not negative either. It's just people dressing the way they like.
I personally wouldn't be caught dead in the outfits the OP linked, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
If a man feels comfortable carrying a purse around and generally looking like he's never worked (physically) in his life, why not?
-A passing trend? Likely. Fashion comes and goes. Frankly, I don't know what's fashionable. I don't care either. But from what little I know of fashion, it's only a matter of time before the well runs dry on how to make men look more like women without going overboard, and someone says 'Hey! Let's bring back plaid shirts!"
-Should men aspire to fit the stereotype? No. They should do what they please. I should hope that for most men this would at least involve being masculine if not looking the part.
When I say masculine, by the way, don't think Rambo. Think... Red Forman, from That 70's Show.
Just, righteous, enough mental fortitude to make tough calls, etc.
You can be like that no matter how you look, and it is what I strive for.
-Are they pussies? A little, yes. At least they look that way.
I'm speaking as a manly man. You come to me for advice, I get no further than "Cause your problem physical harm through the repeated application of your forehead to it".
I can cook, but I cook big (and simple) meals, not the tiny food you see in the cooking shows. You know, where you'd have to order 10 main courses in the restaurant just to have a decent sized entrée.
I have no fancy clothing. I have my work clothes, I have my aforementioned jeans and tshirts, and that's pretty much it. I own 2 suits and a couple of ties, of course, but I'll never wear them except for weddings and such.
On and on the list goes.
From my vantage point, yes, they look like pussies. Like men who would not last a week in my line of work. Or any line of work, for that matter.
They look like men who would panic in the face of danger. Men who can't make split second decisions to save lives. Men you cannot trust to do the right thing, not because they appear unwilling, but because they appear unable.
And what is a man who appears unable to protect those around him? A pussy.
Before anyone asks, my line of work is stage building, yes, it is brutally hard work, yes, there is danger, sometimes, and yes, the danger when it does rear its ugly head requires quick thinking.
Dive-tackling someone out of the way of a falling steel beam quick thinking.
I wouldn't trust a man with a purse to do that for me, if I was the tackle-ee.
