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Forget the "no cargo shorts on stage rule"...

#83
RBrownBass said:
Nobody would utter a peep if a woman (feminine) wore this (feminine) outfit. Nobody. We're saying it maybe isn't the best thing for a man to wear.
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Uh, I would utter all kinds of "peeps", if I was feeling weak on my usual gentlemanliness. My wife is beautiful and feminine and if she came down the stairs wearing that I'd have to stifle a laugh and then try to talk her out of it. That's a stupid-looking outfit on man, woman, or child alike.
 
#84
twinjet said:
Anyone taking bets on the half-life of this thread?
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While it's still open, I'm gonna sneak this one in. A goat in a romper:


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#88
PaulReside said:
I don't care how good of a bass player you are you show up on stage in a romper I'm going to laugh at you, a kilt I'm say dude you rock that. Rompers look stupid on EVERYONE!!
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What if the rompers were combined with Viking horns? That would change things.
 
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JimmyThunder said:
Uh, I would utter all kinds of "peeps", if I was feeling weak on my usual gentlemanliness. My wife is beautiful and feminine and if she came down the stairs wearing that I'd have to stifle a laugh and then try to talk her out of it. That's a stupid-looking outfit on man, woman, or child alike.
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I've seen women and small children wearing those (or something similar) for years. It's never occurred to me to think of them one way or the other until a couple of days ago. I still don't see them as ugly on women, especially when they're tight.
 
#95
ficelles said:
Not sure I get it, would the viking horns be attached to the rompers? I'd have to ask where of course. I would have deep respect for anyone who wore rompers with viking horns on the inside.
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Viiking horns on top of the noggin. And Ugg boots on the feet.
 
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#97
DiabolusInMusic said:
Additionally, if you would like to actually have a discussion about sexism I would be glad to have it. I know that many here, yourself included, like to perpetuate patriarchy and misogyny but I for one am not a big fan of discrimination.
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FFS, leave the gender studies speech out of it. Those people don't look manly because they are dressed like children.
 
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DiabolusInMusic said:
If you are categorizing masculine as good and feminine as bad, which is what is being done here, there is a degree of sexism involved. We as a society have categorically said man = good and woman = bad and that is what is being reinforced here. The entire of idea of "what a real man wears" is rooted in sexism.
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You're ridiculous. Gender stereotyping through apparel is not sexism. It may be lame, uninventive and dated, but it is not sexism. There are two genders (I counted them) and traditional gender-specific apparel is tied to historic gender-specific function. We are bi-gender mammals with evolution-defined gender-specific function. Get over it. Or maybe just wear whatever you like but stop trying to force your political correctness on the rest of the world.
 
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