Recently I've noticed a big push in the fashion industry for men specifically to start a new trend in short shorts, proving once again their are no straight men in fashion and women continue to think they know what we want. I don't have anything against this except for the complete disconnect of what men really are going to wear. Shorts should never be above the knee or below the calf. There are certain things we shouldn't do but for some reason find this happening to us. A man's thighs are not very attractive as we have unusual hair growth. Men should not shave their legs unless they are competitive swimmers, therefore no thigh. Also skinny jeans are a no, no. Didn't we learn this from Break'n and Breank'n 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Fashion is by definition "what is cool now". That doesn't mean it's a good idea. I remember the 70s, 80s and 90s. Thank god grunge came into play otherwise we would be living in a Beetle Juice Movie with crooked hats and Mad Max leather.
I remember the short shorts with thigh high 3 ring socks on guys. This should never happen again in history, but some reason the fashion industry believes this is a good course to take. I for one find it hard to understand how dicks stayed confined back than. It must of been very tight tightly whities. Fashion of today is not doing anything new as they want everyone to think, rather they are just recycling what has already been done from different eras, smashing it together then reselling it to the general public. Want something new and cool build me a shirt that makes me levitate or will never have to be wash, yet is so soft it doesn't feel like I'm wearing one. This would be fashion. Just because its trending doesn't mean it's a good thing.
The biggest problem are the people who buy and order clothes of major retailors are going to be stocking their shelves with skinny jeans and short shorts for guys in pastel and retinue burning colors. I for one am going to have to start going to good will and consignment shops to find things that I won't be embarrassed to wear in public unless I plan on doing road work, than buying what their selling would be a safety necessity. This may be one of the saddest times in fashion as all the current popular designers can't do anything but regurgitate things so old I haven't had (and am thankful for) in my closet since I was a little kid and my mother bought my clothes.
Men wake up and realize that we are still being dressed by our mothers. Fashion is not run by men with men saying that looks good. Lets face it. We all would still be wearing animal skins if this was taking place. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be left out of this. I seriously wonder how many fashion people actually take a group of average guys like you and me to look and see what is "new fashion". I guarantee we would have these people in tears in a matter of moments. I've tried to watch those popular design shows, I feel for these emotional basket cases. Clothing is a statement and Men have no say in this statement.
Men for the last 20 years have taken a beating in the fashion industry. We have slowly over time been and are being emasculated. I understand to a certain degree women's desire to get back at being considered inferior and such, but they are taking it to far as young men and male children throughout the United States are being taught the things that allowed our species to survive and flourish are wrong. Current cultural thinking is men need to be pressed, polished and feminine. The fashion industry pumps this view, but I don't know a woman alive who wants a man who can't defend her from the bad guy. They may say this isn't true, but if you are able to save her from some scary moment, I guarantee you some hot "thank you" sex afterwards. Despite the emasculation of this our nature cannot be squashed in such a short time, we need outlets for our aggression and primal needs. Despite what the shrinks say competition is the nature of the world and to say otherwise is a delusion setting people up for failure.
Men take a look at magazines offered to us. We all need to be sexy and vibrant. These things don't offer you reality, they offer you pipe dreams and possibilities. Reality however is not so simple with wife, kids, work, etc. I continually breeze through these magazines in the grocery line and find hope for my children's masculinity being flushed down the toilet by people who don't live in reality. Short, shorts and skinny jeans, scarves on men as accenting an outfit, what is America coming to. This doesn't mean go out and dress in camouflage, running out to buy a gun you have no clue how to use. The message is to boycott the fashion industries desire to dress us as our mothers did.
Take a stand against short, shorts and skinny jeans on men. Stay away from popping your collar, wearing scarves to accent your outfit. Be men, if your going to wear shorts make sure they are not snug, let the twins breath down there, allow the air to flow, stop allowing the fashion industry cram your manhood away.
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