Men in Tights

Did you know there's a whole "movement" (if you want to call it that) trying to make it acceptable for men to rock pantyhose? Yeah, there's a website called (cue snickering) e-MANcipate that aims to "accelerate the acceptance of male pantyhose as a regular clothing item." Uh oh.



Here's what StyleSpleak users had to say about this rather unorthodox fashion statement:

ambiturner says: Uhh, pantyhose for men? What's next, makeup for men? Oh yeah, they already have that. Ladies and gentlemen, the era of the real man has ended. The man of today is a facial-scrub-using, manpurse-carrying, pantyhose-wearing Metrosexual.

wOnky says: There's actually a UK-based ecommerce site called tights-for-men.com that sells a bunch of old lady-looking pantyhose for the man who has no sense of self-worth or dignity. Seriously, haven't people ever heard of long underwear? That's what people should wear when it's cold!

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Comments

[ninja]

I wear Pantyhose/Tights im a male there is nothing wrong with them. wear what you like

[Sam]

Somebody asked: "Why do men wear pantyhose? They don't wear skirts nor dresses. What's the use? Well, I wear them under my trousers, but also wear them with shorts. And why? It feels good! Unlike some stories from women-pantyhose haters who say that they don't fit, the pantyhoses I wear fit very well!!

[Osin]

I'd like to draw attention to an extract from an article written in 1897 within the New York Times, where a Miss Penrose had the audacity to wear trousers on Coney Island:

"
'Your Honour,' said Miss Penrose to Judge Nostrand yesterday morning, 'my arrest is an outrage. I have a right to wear trousers if I wish.'
The Judge looked at her curiously. 'Not on this Island,' said he. 'It's against the law, and, at the same time, highly improper. I'll have to hold you in $200 for frial.'
Robert Burkhardt, a saloon keeper at the island, gave bail for her, and she walked out with a parting injunction from the court to change her attire.
"

This is just one of thousands upon thousands of similar articles stretching through the 19th & 20th centuries.

As you can see, human beings do not learn from their past.

[love4nylon]

I love pantyhose! I'm a straight man, 35 yo, and I find it a very useful and comfortable to wear tights. It's nothing feminine about it at all. Remember it started as a men's attire in the middle ages (know Robin Hood?!) :-)))
I hope people will just accept it, just as they did women in cotton socks which I hate, but won't murder anyone over it.
Seriously it's a fine thing, it is getting accepted more and more as this and similar blogs and all kind of discussions and the rising production of men's pantyhose shows.
Greetings!

[kellypants]

i don't understand the point of these, really. i mean, you only wear pantyhose with shirts and dresses. otherwise, why would you need tights? this may just be becuase of the fact that i live in new hampshire, but you don't see many guys in skirts or dresses here. unless you see the occasional drag queen. and i think they would be the only ones with a plausible reason to wear these. i don't mean to be offensive, i'm just trying to look at it logically.

[Me]

Ummm... Ok... pantyhose.... I'm not judging anybody for wearing what ever they want, even if they decide to wear pantyhose and this person is a man. However, aside from the functional aspect (Yes, people, clothes have some functional aspect attached to them)... what about the aesthetic aspect???.. I mean... lets imagine that there is some man outside there who would willingly put on a pantyhose... what would happen if this person.. and please do forgive me for the comment... got sexually aroused? Or more colloquially... if this guy got a boner????? That would be nasty!!!!