I was picking up some of my girlfriends clothes today and I was wondering how it was women get to wear men's clothing but men are stuck in our collective clothing ruts
examples
I just love a women that sits around in a pair of boxers. Somehow a man lounging around in a pair of panties just don't seem right.
A woman can look good with basball cap or football jersey on but put a man in a pink leotard and it just don't work as good.
A woman can wear a pair of overalls and visions of the farmers daughter comes to mind but put a man in a dress (unless your in Scottland and its tartan) and your asking questions about sexual oreintation.
A girl in tennis shoes doesn't warrent much attention but parade a man around in stilettos and your bound to raise an eyebrow or two.
Of course these examples are a bit western and I've noticed that many countries seem to have less differences in dress.
Any more examples of clothing inequality that I missed?
Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
Did you know that there are some cross-dressers who really are straight, and not gay at all?Originally posted by Sprayber
A woman can wear a pair of overalls and visions of the farmers daughter comes to mind but put a man in a dress (unless your in Scottland and its tartan) and your asking questions about sexual oreintation.
This is where an awesome Mark Twain quote would be, but Apolyton says it would be too many lines. :(
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Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
Women are hot
Sprayber's improvement in English grammar.
This is where an awesome Mark Twain quote would be, but Apolyton says it would be too many lines. :(
Well you can certainly add in the whole makeup, jewelry and accessories thing.Originally posted by Sprayber
Any more examples of clothing inequality that I missed?
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Men can get away with wearing drab grey as formal wear or as a suit. Even if every other man is wearing the same clothing and its the same colour no-one will care.
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Drab grey
Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb ! :doitnow!:
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.
I got thinking about this sort of issues at a pre-party last friday. Every guy there wore jeans and a t-shirt or similar. Casual clothes, basically. The girls wore a variety of nice trousers and skirts, along with special blouses, etc. Moderately dressed up, IOW.
At least in my circles, this is typical. Girls dress to the occasion, guys just turn up in whatever feels comfy.
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
Women
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:
Would you rather spend all your money on that crap, or on booze, comics and cars?
Only feebs vote.
Clothes on women
Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb ! :doitnow!:
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.
Agathon; Comics? What kind of eliminative materialist are you? You do realise it means burning money and keeping the ashes?
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:
In a previous incarnation I sold menswear. The people at our company told me (in 1991) that in NZ about 8% of money spent on clothes is spent on childrens' clothing. About another 3% is spent on menswear. The rest is spent on women's clothing.
So that means that either women vastly outspend men on clothing, or there are a vast number of closet transvestites in New Zealand.
Only feebs vote.
In a country where sheep outnumber humans 14 : 1, that's actually rather worrying.
"I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
"You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:
You should have kept that factoid secretOriginally posted by Agathon
In a previous incarnation I sold menswear.
Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb ! :doitnow!:
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.
If you'd seen the average New Zealand male's clothing, you'd understand. Things have probably changed now – younger New Zealand men have taken up preening and label bashing.
In the early 90s if you had run a store selling black jeans, swanndris, heavy undyed wool socks, black T-Shirts sporting obscene slogans, and brushed cotton work shirts, you'd have done a roaring trade.
Perhaps "pub shirts" should be added to that.
A "pub shirt" is a tidier looking shirt (one only) that hangs in a man's closet (rather than on the floor) and is donned over the gear described above to enable entry into nightclubs. Said item is rarely washed and is carefully put back on its hanger after a night of carousing.
Only feebs vote.
I only did it for 9 months to save money to go to the UK. I've had threads on my "experiences". The transexuals were always the worst.Originally posted by Saras
You should have kept that factoid secret
Only feebs vote.
Me? I'm a fanatical jeans-wearer. I wore jeans to my grandfather's funeral.Originally posted by Agathon
Would you rather spend all your money on that crap, or on booze, comics and cars?
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
Thorstein Veblen wrote that women's clothing is a primary means of showing off one's affluence, so they have to shed all hints of being used for any practical purpose other than to show off. They have to be extravagant and uncomfortable and hideous to anyone having common sense. Men's clothes do not follow this rule so closely, so they tend to be more practical and tasteful.
So I speculate that a man's eye, trained to appreciate such simple fashion, is hence more delighted to see a woman in men's clothes, rather than in woman's clothes.
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell
I don't know why, but a G-string looks better on a woman than on a man.
Depends - it can be quite fun to remove clothes on a womanOriginally posted by Saras
Clothes on women
You know if you think about it, before the French Revolution men dressed as gaudily as women. The revolutionaries in France repudiated powdered wigs, brightly colored vestments, ornate gold trimming and elaborate embroidery in men's clothing. The strange thing is that the style caught on even amongst their enemies and has persisted even until today.Originally posted by Dauphin
Men can get away with wearing drab grey as formal wear or as a suit. Even if every other man is wearing the same clothing and its the same colour no-one will care.
"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
Ahh, but whatever happened to the codpiece?Originally posted by BlackCat
I don't know why, but a G-string looks better on a woman than on a man.
"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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I'm not familiar with such a thingie - do you have a pic ? Maybe a G-string for comparisonOriginally posted by Dr Strangelove
Ahh, but whatever happened to the codpiece?
You could always start a movement for equality, Sprayber.
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
Considering that most of the complaints about clothes I hear are from women (and half the rest are me complaining about shops not carrying 30/36 jeans), I don't think men are the losing side on this "inequality".
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You could always start a movement for equality, Sprayber.
I don't have the hips for a sexy black party dress che
Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
I think all women are mentally ill with the god damn clothes thing.
We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced these murderers. - Martin Luther King Jr. Eulogy for the Martyred Children (1963)
Actually, it's worse.
Womens clothes are shabbier than mens clothes, are nowhere near as durable, and comparable cuts of clothing cost a mimimum of 20% more for the womens variety than the mens.
So sez my wife, who does the clothes shopping around here.
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