Originally Posted by
charles vail
I was just responding to the previous posters comment about someone purposely parading his "junk" around. Thats a common term describing genitalia in some regions in America.
My point was that skin tights make that almost impossible to avoid. And no, not a troll, I post frequently and I don't have mental health issues regarding my body. I just don't think skin tights are appropriate in the workplace. Its even kind of embarrassing walking around in them off the bike at times. I view them kind of like walking around in a speedo. Some places will toss you out of their business for not wearing a shirt so its not unreasonable to think some might not want to view a middle aged man wearing skin tight stretchy pants too.
Just because we are comfortable with our bodies doesn't mean others are. Thats why most people wear modest attire in public. Maybe the world should all go about in the nude?
I wouldn't have a problem with that...but, it would probably make me even less likely to shop at Whale-Mart
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As for modesty, etc...I guess it depends on where you live. Presumably in repressed places like Ohio or Georgia, community standards are less tolerant of men wearing form-fitting clothing...out here on the West Coast it doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
Perhaps the discomfort regarding men is associated with the increasing average girth in America - most men now routinely wear baggy clothing to cover up the flab they're carrying around. So, any man that's comfortable wearing form fitting clothing may be viewed as a threat...it would make an interesting sociological research project.
And it all seems like a double standard because women routinely wear "stretchy pants" and "stretchy tops" all the time without being asked to cover up (with the notable exception of Southwest Airlines recently, but that was a short skirt as I recall).