Fashionable Men
Source: Out with hunks: fashion breaks codes for male models
Ya, that’s not going to fly. Of course a pushback against the feminization of men is made more difficult these days with the constant onslaught of ads and portrayals in pop entertainment pushing the beta male ideal.
Throughout history, societies have focused on the wants of women as far as fashion and style. Men’s concerns about fashion generally revolve around comfort. There’s the old saying that women dress for other women, not for men. For the most part, men’s appreciation for women’s appearance is fairly simple and straightforward; namely that they can’t be men. They tolerate the fashion dictates of the day as indulgences on the part of women but not as necessities.
The strange places that fashion has taken us over the years is especially amusing when viewed through old images. But things such as bell bottoms, padded shoulders and wide lapels are to be expected since the fashion racket needs to constantly fuel their business. But these are just ephemeral flirtations and curiosities to be discarded next season.
The really sinister part is when the fashion gods dictate that a body style is the must do of the day. A few years ago, ‘heroin chic’, that gaunt, starved cat look was flouted on fashion runways. Not sure who found that attractive, but it wasn’t red blooded men. At the moment, we are living in a time when thin women with ample cleavage and no body hair is considered desirable (go figure), leading women to spend money on fat vacuums, breast implants and depilatory aids.
Having run out of things to torture women with, the haute couture poobahs are focusing their attention on insecure men. They are trying to make men sensitive to eyebrow shapes and body hair and odor. The are essentially pushing to downplay normal masculine features. Actually if you look at the ideals trotted out by the fashionistas, they appear to be trying to make men and women look like each other, with asexual being the ideal. We are already seeing some sensitive men being swayed by this propaganda as evidenced by the man bun craze. Will Jimmy Choo offer man-lettos next?
I hope that men will have the confidence not to succumb to the effeminate ideals being offered by pop fashion. But it may be a losing bet. The feminization of culture has already emasculated men in many aspects of our sex. Nature had it correct from the beginning; men are men and women are women; a damn good arrangement.