Scytail said:
Rant incoming.
This. http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/mankinis-murses-and-man-bags-a-glossary-of-mens-fashion-terms-2550341#photoViewer=6
This has to stop.
And not just with the "mirts," or "mankini," and the dreaded "man-bag" but the retarted combination of words. Like "staycation." Its not a stay at home vacation. It means your fuckin broke. That garbage is worse than everything having to be "PC" (politically correct for those of you who might not know)
Ill give you a run down of the worst for those that dont feel like rotting their brain by clicking on the link.
And feel free to post your own most hated word combinations.
Mandals = Man sandals
Murse = Man purse
Mewlery = Man jewlery
Meggings = Man leggins
Marfists = Man scarfs
Mantyhose = Man pantyhose
Manties = Man panties
Mirts = Man skirts
Meels = Man heels
Looking through your post at first I thought you were homophobic. Upon a second or third read it was obvious that was not the case. Then on the third read I realised you thought the pictures would "rot someones brain". Hmmm.
Overall conclusion? You are homophobic.
emeraldrafael said:
What!!! Someone dares to enjoy a fashion sense that I expressive hate being stuck in a 19 century view on gender roles and the way they should dress!? Clearly this shit must stop, because how dare men choose to dress different!
OT: all joking aside, I dont see anything wrong iwth it. I personally cant get into sandels, but I dont have the feet for them. Plus I've never found a good pair that I could run it like I have tennis shoes.
and also, a murse is a male nurse. A man purse is called a napsack or a satchel.
What he said, minus the "All joking aside". The fact that the words exist pisses me off to no end (They are pantyhose. They should still be called as much. Differentiating between the male and female versions is not something that I am pro, at all. The words should be destroyed, NOT the items) everyone has the right to wear what they like.
Like I said, the words really, really annoy me for different reasons. But the backlash (Even though most of it hasn't been that bad and is mainly jokey) makes me shake my head at the internet.
kouriichi said:
Yet another reason ive lot all faith in humanity.
Well, at least this fad will never catch on.
.....i hope......
You have lost faith in humanity because men have started to expand their wardrobes? You are aware that boys and girls both used to wear dresses, that pink used to be a male colour and blue a female colour. Hell, The inevention of the terms "Boy" and "Girl" aint as old as you might think mate.
I thought the internet was a mildly tolerant place...
*reads through page 2*
Right, this wont get much longer, I am about to explode.
Polarity27 said:
I hate this too, and I think it's sexist-- it implies that it's not "manly" to be seen wearing these things, so therefore a special term has to be invented to make it okay for a man to cross into the forbidden realm of the "relegated to women". See also: Bronies, another term I fucking detest for the same damn reason. (Can't call themselves "MLP:FiM fans" and thereby join a fandom that's been around since the '80s, because that fandom is mostly female and the show is about female characters, so it needs a special term to reclaim it for men to feel safe doing it!)
BTW, the people using these terms ought to realize that most if not all of these items were worn (and very fashionably) by men before they were considered women's wear. Including sandals, hose, and heels. And pink, for that matter, once considered a very manly color (during Victorian times) because it was near in hue to blood-- the "womanly" color then was, ironically enough, blue, because it was considered passive and evocative of the Virgin Mary. Even "metrosexuals" are doing nothing more than following in the footsteps of
Beau Brummell.
Thankyou, you expressed my opinion properly wheras I was getting a bit jumbled. Good to see that someone is on the same page.
The Virgo said:
sravankb said:
I think this is quite relevant here -
There's something wrong when men have less muscle on them than most women nowadays.
Ha! That's too funny! At least there's Tom Hardy to fix that.
== Divider ==
You know, the same thing can be said for women. How did we go from this:
to THIS?:
By the way, that wasn't meant to be misogynistic or derogatory or anything like that. But women were a lot more pleasant a long time ago, whereas a lot women these days think that "sexy" = "dressing like a slut". Sophia Loren could be sexy without showing ANYTHING.
You may not have meant to be but you most certainly were being misogynistic. How old are you bro? Cause you will find that with age comes changing of styles. And you know what? Its a demographic sort of thing. Bleh.
I have a feeling this will all turn nasty.
tldr?
Terms = I hate
Items = I am neutral
Sexism, even accidental = I think you should jump into a fire.
