It takes a real man to wear pink.
I have a fondness for shirts in pink, lavender and those shades of green that are much more likely to be found in the ladies' department in general. I think of them as 'spring' colors, mostly pastels, and it's no doubt due to those formative years when preppy was fashionable. The comments I hear are mostly positive, though I'm sure there are some
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that's the nicest thing anyone has said about me in a long time! thank you so much.
the idea that I've heard about why it's harder for people to be comforatble with boys doing "girl things" or girls doing "girl things" is that deep down, we generally have hiararcial notions of gendered stuff.
a girl doing "boy things" is aspireing to a "higher level/more valued" things. seeing a boy doing "girl things" runs counter to what we value in a hiarical view or gendered things.
this is why I'm so comfortable as a stay-at-home-parent and being a feminist/queer. I try to veiw all "gendered things" as equal. it's socilty's freaken problem that what I do isn't valued like "paid work" not mine. I understand that what I do is just as valueable as "paid work"
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The place to go for manly shirts in girly colors is India. I got this awesome mint-green button down business shirt there. Since they have darker skin in general they can get away with more florid colors. So there is quite a choice!
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Cheering on free choice, diversity and the freedom to be you and me - me!
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