>> Gay men seem to be an exception to most of these rules <<
Which doesn't help much for me. One of the two categories into which way too much of the nonstandard stuff in the "men's" department seems to fall is "I am so manly that my manliness overwhelms the features of this garment that you presume are feminine." Fine if one wishes to proclaim their manliness, but useless for those of us who do not.
>> it's selling the shirt to a woman who is going to put it on a man she wants to see in it <<
Which aligns nicely with the trope that men like to count on women who can pick out their clothes for them.
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Re: And then there's this
Date: 2020-02-29 11:33 pm (UTC)Which doesn't help much for me. One of the two categories into which way too much of the nonstandard stuff in the "men's" department seems to fall is "I am so manly that my manliness overwhelms the features of this garment that you presume are feminine." Fine if one wishes to proclaim their manliness, but useless for those of us who do not.
>> it's selling the shirt to a woman who is going to put it on a man she wants to see in it <<
Which aligns nicely with the trope that men like to count on women who can pick out their clothes for them.