Wondering

[youthfullgreen]

Is it an insult to call a male pretty?

Edit later on: Neji! I honestly think you are pretty! I'm not insincere about it! It's not an insult!
Someone suggested you could change your look when it bothers you...

Comments

[ethereal_genius]

I wouldn't say so. Pretty is just another adjective. I happen to know a boy whom I consider to be very pretty.

[youthfullgreen]

Than it's not normal that males get angered with it?
I wonder who that might be...

[ethereal_genius]

Some do, others may not. It depends on their personality, I suppose.

[youthfullgreen]

Which kind is more often?

[kin_slayer]

I would not think so, Lee-kun.

[youthfullgreen]

But why is Neji not content witb being called that way?

[kin_slayer]

Perhaps he is self-conscious of his looks. Neji-kun is quite the proper one, after all. The Hyuuga are a reserved and proud family, and being called pretty may strike him as too... feminine. Or weak.

[kin_slayer]

[bloodseal_soul]

I don't think so.

"Cute" seems to make guys get weird though.

[youthfullgreen]

Well... cute would be really strange, I guess...

[kin_slayer]

I don't know, I find you and Neji-kun quite cute, Lee-kun.

[youthfullgreen]

WHAT??!!

[codename_m]

Depends on the male.

[youthfullgreen]

Which males would you call pretty?

[codename_m]

Those who have a feminine touch, perhaps, no matter how subtle.

[youthfullgreen]

And it wouldn't be insulting to call them pretty?

[meteo_sniper]

Depends on person?

"Pretty" is often used to describe girls, so using this adjective to male may suggest they are feminine, hence the offense.

[youthfullgreen]

Oh, but I am not implying that at all!
Do you think he is mad, Lockon-san?

[meteo_sniper]

You don't, but the word does.
Honestly, I have no idea.

[youthfullgreen]

But why do males see it as an offence?
I hope he isn't...