marketing of masculinity

http://contexts.org/socimages/tag/gender-masculinity/

Holding Doors Open For Women

being a man is about being a good human being imo

maybe dockers will help u

this makes me think of some of the things Susan Faludi talks about in her book Stiffed, which is like ten years old now, about how men were the next great unexploited fashion/beauty market.

Aren't Dockers for middle-aged fat-asses?

idk but the point is to feel cool when you buy them

Aren't Dockers for middle-aged fat-asses?

― uninspired girls rejoice!!! (Hoot Smalley), Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:22 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

u are the target audience

"actually -- little known historical fact that, when men were men, prior to disco, khakis were only worny by the ruggedest of bros"

Virtually the same style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6ZAXytvjY

this is the point at which everybody who made "ironic" lol sexism joaks in the 90s & 00s now has to pay for it by gouging their eyes out and dancing on them

ow my eyes

thank god i was an adolescent and actually sexist, whew

that khakis ad is so preposterous i cannot imagine taking it srsly on any level

the real question it poses--when will derisive "latte" comments become passe?

when will it be ok for men to eat salad again? how do you guys live on these all steak diets

just had my 17th heart attack tbh

i had a (bison) steak AND a salad for dinner tonight i will have you know

so you are like 50% man now

killed a man, too

This does remind me of a thread i wanted to start, about how the only time I ever use the phrase "men" or "women" seems to involve marketing pitches for Boomers, or gay bars. It's like "Magazine for Men" or "Bars for Men" I automatically equate to "gay-targeted". I mean, almost all of the males I ever encountered above the age of 18 fall into the category of "dudes," "guys", "fellas", "bros", or "homies".

I worked with a guy who talked about how they'd go on a "men's retreat" every year, which was pretty much just a chance to head out to the Oregon deserts and bro down with buddies with dune buggies.

stole his salad

wait so is driving dune buggies in the OR desert w/yr "bros" a gay thing????

8[

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQlSr9YjLc

here's to young white dudes and maybe firefighters can earn their way in maybe

here's to assholes

lol what is that music?

gbx, what kind of fork did you eat with?

if its plastic you're down to 45% man

being a man is about being a good human being imo

Psshaww I bet you enjoy eating salads

... with a PLASTIC FORK no doubt!

the real question it poses--when will derisive "latte" comments become passe?

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 6:04 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

i guess when derisive salad and disco comments become passe. which if judging by the durability of hairy lesbian comments = never.

ha lol everyone already made that joke i see

xp

wait so is driving dune buggies in the OR desert w/yr "bros" a gay thing????

No, it's a perfectly acceptable bros thing.

that ad at the top is a take-you-aside-and-be-serious version of a bad standup routine

Maybe you're not supposed to use utensils at all.

this IS desert season btw, no better time to throw a few cases of natty ice in the F-150, hook up the dirtbikes and roll out to glamis or gordon's well and fuckin BRO. DOWN. BRODER.

that sounds awesome but i guess i'm not invited

bro if you're heading out pick up some burreets or a double-double for the noshage

It's not the activity I laughed at, it's the description of it as their "Man's Retreat"

i had a (bison) steak AND a salad for dinner tonight i will have you know

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:08 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you will pay for your crimes against bison btw

yeah i mean ultimately "males" are going to want to get together every so often and do dumb shit. there will probably never be a good name for this.

lol i almost made a "u ate ilx user m bison joke!" but too meta. glad he is here tho

f-you dockers, I'm never wearing pants again

tbf probably the worst dudes are ppl that wear kilts just like, on the street in the city or whatever

yeah i mean ultimately "males" are going to want to get together every so often and do dumb shit. there will probably never be a good name for this.

politics?

apparently suits and beards are the new masculinity

new punchline:

ILM?

lulz yeah

not really bothered by kilts, girls are allowed to walk around in skirts so y not
probably wouldn't be friends with a kilter though

just don't wear the suit while walking to work

probably wouldn't be friends with a kilter though

right, exactly

http://www.goodmenbook.org/thebook.php

this thing is getting a lot of play atm and from an interview i heard w/ the filmmaker/compiler of stories it promises not to dovetail with most of the reductive trad bs above even though the trailer makes it seem like yes it will

personally I'm more attracted to men who smell like flowers

"attracting thirsty cuties in line for organic lemonade" is a scene from my worst nightmare, which would obviously take place at a farmer's market

the only scents i catch lately that are appealing are like really warm herbalish sweet patchoulis, i think i've only encountered women wearing them.

“EPIC FIT” like you’re out slaying grendel in these farmer’s market shorts

Beards. I am growing an AMish beard. What does it do for me? Will it make me feel any different? Does it change me to have a scarglemuff-face?
Am I more A MAN with a beard and is that a good thing? (Thank God this is not facebook or that comment would have gotten me in fb jail)

a pharaoh beard grants immortality iirc

maybe amish beard grants barn raising skillz? pls tell us if you can raise a barn after establishing the full amish.

is the beard the phallus of the face?

Beards are reactionary. Shaving is praxis.

"is the beard the phallus of the face?" Not unless the pubic frump is the beard of the pubic mountain!

I hate having to shave - not for the way it looks, but the way it feels after 3 days of growth.

beards are reactionary *or* revolutionary - bearded moderates are phonies

Halfway, interesting.

I feel like I have been in a 35-year-long cycle of violence with my face. I hate shaving, yes, but I also having itchy scraggly unpleasant facial hair that abrades my wife.

Further, I don't like the way my beard grows. It isn't vigorous or consistent. I get a mustache and goatee and sideburny things pretty quickly, but my cheeks and jawline remain patchy and sparse. Because I don't like the look of the goatee (unflattering, plus possible shady GenX cultural associations), my choices are a Don Johnson-style permastubble, or shaving. It is a cruel trick of fate.

but the way it feels after 3 days of growth.

I do it in the shower every morning, never have to suffer with this unless I'm camping/road tripping

i hate having hair perpetually grow on my face. i'm also trapped in a horrible cycle with it. i get fed up, shave it all, and then let it grow for a couple weeks so it's in that really uncomfortable zone where people aren't sure if your life has gone wrong (it has) or if you're just being really lazy (i am) or if you're trying to go for a "beard" (sometimes i am, sort of).

i like the andy the grasshopper method of shaving in the shower every morning, but unfortunately *sad violin begins to play*, unfortunately, i just really love to take afternoon baths

that really uncomfortable zone where people aren't sure

Richard Ford described this facial phase as 'looking like a wretched sex offender'

And I use an electric shaver after trying a straight razor, so shower shaving is out.

I've got dark (now greying) hair but red (now white) facial hair, so even if I could stand to grow it for a few weeks, it would take much longer to look like a beard and make me look like I'm in my 70s anyway.

xp i call the top part of it the "teenstache"

No other great apes have to deal with moustache trouble like us. Only beards.

Yet Munkees...
https://i.imgur.com/h6VKF.jpg

DIABEETUS

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgUr-DjXEAItiy1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tQGJHv4.jpg

lmao

The Gandalf™

there are some anti-abortion billboards around here that say "REAL MEN LOVE BABIES". i have thoughts. lots of them. not sure if i'll be able to get them in writing. too many thoughts.

I didn't see the movies, but I don't remember a Mrs. Gandalf...

https://i.imgur.com/8fsN4ff.jpg

https://www.benchmade.com/products/4010-cstm?

Got an ad for this today, I like the new cleaver-y blade trend for chef's knifes but this is so tacticool

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0574/8041/3232/files/STATION_KNIFE_02A_768x.png

Perfect for chopping carrots or doing wetwork with Seal Team 6.

so if marketing cooking equipment as extreme tactical military cowboy survival shit gets men to do more cooking - how do we get them to do more cleaning? light saber mops?

it won't, of course, get men to do more cooking; it'll just get them to buy more shit.

Looking at it again I really like that blade shape (and will have to look around for a non-DEVGRU approved option) but the bolster looks all wrong for properly choking up on the knife.

Hee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de-Yylorsow

....i'll take the whip

what? no, no, i look like a woman but i'm actually (whispers) _transgender_

no i mean a trans _woman_, a transgender _woman_

what? no look "trans woman" doesn't mean i was afab and transitioned to being a man...

AFAB. AY-FAHB. Not ACAB. Assigned female at birth. Although also ACAB.

Let's just say yes. Yes I have a penis. If I tell you I have a penis, can I have that whip?

Look. Just... give me the whip. I'll... I'll give you the idol. You give me the whip. OK?

Um. Idol. Idol. Uh... I have a CD of Rebel Yell. Does that count? It plays fine, I swear. Don't worry about the scratches. And! It comes with an obi!

...sure. That's "Obi" as in "Obi-wan".

Here you go, manly man-type men, Christmas is sorted.

https://www.beautifuldeer.com/products/tactical-christmas-stocking-2?variant=113484&fbclid=IwAR3L4OKB9f_DoOE3U_MlRqPQJaznw4f4CI5Vkme2sxeHk1l6jH3saCQxJ3U_aem_AUBkpF_6NnVzu1PMyRtXWZbHjKDUaK6pSoew9w8VgW9VuLPprwH0zbHmuFJ-c7rXOqzL91RSbzdw2yVFmmcA9yWt

my axe has a smaller, sharper axe hidden in the blade

Axe-ception