J.D. Vance and the "male bulge"

[denimini]

Men don't complain about the bulges in the chest area of women no matter how big, even if partly exposed. Also a male bulge in a skirt, even a pencil skirt, is nowhere near as defined as that on lycra sportswear commonly worn by men. There is nothing ethical with that hypocritic oaf.

[Jim]

Men don't complain about the bulges in the chest area of women no matter how big, even if partly exposed. Also a male bulge in a skirt, even a pencil skirt, is nowhere near as defined as that on lycra sportswear commonly worn by men. There is nothing ethical with that hypocritical oaf.

My thoughts, exactly!

[kingfish]

Men don't complain about the bulges in the chest area of women no matter how big, even if partly exposed. Also a male bulge in a skirt, even a pencil skirt, is nowhere near as defined as that on lycra sportswear commonly worn by men. There is nothing ethical with that hypocritic oaf.

I'm thinking that the "decency threshold" resides at the point where the definition of the "bumps" become visible through the fabric. And this transcends sexual configuration. For the ladies, this gets addressed with the brassiere. Think about what a thin tight t-shirt reveals when there isn't a bra (wet or dry!). For the men, it will be addressed by multiple layers of fabric. Even my speedo(s) have multiple layers of spandex. And let's not forget that garment that makes googling nutcracker cavalier images all-ages acceptable. I'm talking about the dance belt. And yeah, them tights are like 70 denier and considering how visible the muscle definition is on those gents, that spandex isn't hiding anything.

Of course the images I've seen the far-right types post to boost their sex-discriminating argument seems to always show skirted men who haven't taking measures to smooth over their own male bulge.

[moonshadow]

Of course the images I've seen the far-right types post to boost their sex-discriminating argument seems to always show skirted men who haven't taking measures to smooth over their own male bulge.

The problem arises with human nature and its tendency to penalize everyone over the actions of a few.

99% of skirt wearing men take care to show some level of modesty when they don their skirts

99% of transwomen do not enter women's spaces for perverted reasons

99% of people want to use a public restroom for its intended purpose, NOT to shoot up drugs or have casual sex in the stall

99.99999% of gun owners do not shoot other people.

None of this matters to a society ruled by emotional bias.

[kingfish]

None of this matters to a society ruled by emotional bias.

So true!



This reminds me of a quote by H. L. Mencken that I really like:

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

The whole gender thing has become another in a long line of political weapons meant to keep our populace alarmed. And they milk it for everything they can by pushing for "solutions" that are designed to infuriate the other side.

[new2skirts]

If they start passing laws against men in skirts, then I'm going to start making noise about women in pants.

Fair is fair.

I'll be right there with you.

Does anyone think bans like this could push men into skirts? I often wonder if it would cause a sizable amount of leftist men to wear a skirt symbolically - for how long who knows - but it could get interesting. Honestly, though, I don't think we have drifted that far for this to be in our future. Then again, I do pray our clothing never gets politicized (even though it is to some degree).

It could be similar to the yearly protests schoolboys in the UK do when classrooms get too hot in summer, so they don a skirt... usually becauase shorts are banned. School evenrually backs down

[Susie]

Men don't complain about the bulges in the chest area of women no matter how big, even if partly exposed.

Since you don't own a pair of bulges in the chest area, you have no idea what comments, looks and problems they create.

It disappoints me to read these assumptions about women, made by men in general but especially those who are bucking the social assumptions of what men should wear.

[FranTastic444]

Fact of the matter is that male bulge is not only an issue to contend with whilst skirting. Some of my trousers and jeans do not have a flattering look. Some of this has been caused by an expanding waistline (and a refusal from me to buy new clothes the next size up) and some is caused by me changing my underwear preference a while back (I only recently realized that suit trousers / dress pants work a lot better with loose-fitting boxer shorts than with other styles that are more "supportive").

So, if we are judging appearance from any angle other than below looking up, I can honestly say that the skits I wear do a much better job of hiding male bulge than my trousers or jeans.

As I think I have admitted on here before, I have in the past been a proud MAMiL. Cycle shorts leave little to the imagination (my wife has on more than one occasion said "you are going to get arrested if you go out dressed like that"). My answer back in the day was to wear baggy shorts over cycling shorts, but when I next go cycling (in the spring) I'll be looking at wearing a skirt as a top layer instead. This ties into a recent experience that I'll write a separate note on shortly.

[denimini]

Since you don't own a pair of bulges in the chest area, you have no idea what comments, looks and problems they create.

My apologies. It was probably a cheap shot at the woman complaining about a male bulge.
It is good that you are here to pick us up on things like that.

[Susie]

thank you - I appreciate and accept your apology