Do straight men wear pink?

[zagafi]

My husband, the burly undercover cop is most definitely a "manly man". And he looks HOT with a tan and pink shirt. He's most definitely tough enough to wear pink, too.

 

[djm99]

Sounds like your DH does have a bit of homophobia and is just a tad immuature since he's making such a big deal about this. I'd be so pissed if my DH made comments like that about a friend's DH - not that he ever would. Plenty of straight men wear pink, pale green and pale yellow. Just look in a Brooks Brothers catalog. Sounds like your friend's DH might be metro sexual. That pretty common in large urban areas.

Metrosexual is a word describing men who have a strong concern for their aesthetic appearance, and spend a substantial amount of time and money on their images and lifestyles. Though the term has undergone a transformation from its original meaning (a heterosexual man who appeared or acted as if he were homosexual or bisexual), current trends have seen the metrosexual label placed upon male embracing of practices usually perceived to be feminine, rather than those specifically associated with stereotypically effeminate homosexuals. Debate surrounds the term's use as a theoretical signifier of gender deconstruction and its associations with consumerism. Current gender scholars view metrosexuality as representative of the embracing of relational understanding in addition to its lifestyle and aesthetic implications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual

BTW, my stepfather purchased a monogrammed yellow dress shirt for my husband a few years back (for his big 3-0 birthday party) - he wore it a few times, but he was NOT feeling the yellow shirt. He just thinks those colors are flashy for a guy that's all. He thinks they are a queer eye for the straight guy kind of thing - that's all. Although I argued that most designers are men and many are gay - so there.

 

[daisax]

My 13 y.o. nephew wore hot pink crocs to summer camp last year -- they were much admired by the other guys, most of whose parents wouldn't allow it. (They really were shocking pink and ugly, but his choice).

I don't think kids think anything of it nowadays.

 

[Kath2003]

For goodness sakes, colors are colors, they don't say anything about a person's sexuality!

I don't wear pink, because I don't like the color. Does that make me a lesbian?!

 

[DISUNC]

The only time a man shouldnt wear pink is if it the color of his underwear!

 

[MScott1851]

I agree...it's the older guys who have a problem with it. My husband was dead set against ANY color other than red, black, or blue five years ago, but he is a lot more open-minded now that we moved to Memphis and he actually saw people wearing something other than Dickies, a Dixie Outfitters, or an Alabama football tee-shirt!

He gradually came over to the land of pastels and adventurous color.

I think he looks good in pink...not many redheads (or redBEARDS, in his case) can pull it off!

 

[momof3disneyholics]

I remember my dad wearing pink polos when I was younger. It always looked good on him. I pick out pink for my Df all the time and he looks good in it too.

 

[MAKmom]

I think older men grew up with Pink is Gay...Gay is Bad. Then the World changed...Thank God. It still has a long way to go. Your doing the right thing explaining this to your husband. My DH as a young man feared Gay Men. Now at 47 he is over it & realized how bigoted it was.

He stopped drinking the kool aid

 

[Daxx]

I love a man in a pink shirt. My DH (soooo not gay) wears a pink button down or a stripe w/pink in it. My boss (again, sooooo not gay) does, too.
DS10 wears a pink shirt (button down or polo) and w/his dark curls and olive skin, he looks amazing in it. At this point, I don't believe he's gay, either.

 

[BoyLovesBuzz]

I can't believe this thread has stayed so civil for 4 pages.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

dh used to wear pink shirts and ties in the 80's when it was in style for men. He hasn't bought any new ones yet, since it's been in again.

There is a 12yo boy on our street who wears a bright pink T-shirt that says "Don't laugh. This is your sister's shirt."

 

[DISUNC]

dh used to wear pink shirts and ties in the 80's when it was in style for men.

....and collarless shirts!!! The Miami Vice look. Very popular in the 80's

 

[Ciao Mickey]

Pink was real big back in the early 1960's where I was from. Men wore pink shirts with their maroon iridescent suits and skinny black ties.

I like certain shades of pink (salmon) on guys. My son had a couple of pink stripped dress shirts that he wore last year or the year before. It was a very popular color.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Yes, of course, if they like it.

 

[krcit]

I wanted to buy a pink polo for my 6 yo ds the other day but he said no way, pink is for girls. I hope he changes his mind b/c it would look so nice with his coloring. I also have 2 tomboy dds that refuse to wear anything with pink in it Drives me crazy... I love pink!!!!

 

[jimmiej]

I have two pink shirts & a tie with pink in it. I wear them all the time during the Spring & Fall. I always get complements when I wear the pink polo shirt. It's just a color for gosh sakes! Get over it!

 

[NewJersey]

I have to wear professional wear to work every day and there are lots of straight guys who wear pink. I think its a bit of the 1950s attitude to think a man is gay because **OH THE HORRORS** he wears a pink tie or shirt.

 

[Rence]

Dear Abby recently had a column on this. A reader had sent in a letter because before her child was born they had been told it would be a girl, so they got a lot of pink clothes as gifts. Well the child turned out to be a boy, but they were using all the clothes they had gotten as gifts anyway. Her father-in-law was having a fit saying that dressing a boy in pink would make him gay or a cross dresser.

Abby had a lot of information regarding color choices and gender. It seems that throughout much of history, blue was viewed as a soft feminine color and was the traditional color of women. Red was the color for men as it was the color of blood. Because early dying processes weren’t as sophisticated as they were today, much of what was dyed red came out pink. Pink was viewed as light red and was considered masculine.

Throughout the 1800s and even into the early 1900s, blue was for girls and pink was for boys. She even quoted some etiquette books from the time that stated blue = girls, pink = boys. No one really had an explanation as to exactly when or how the colors got reversed.

Perhaps we are going back to the more historical use of pink and blue. I guess a man who wears pink is not so much a trendsetter as a traditionalist, going back to the older traditional use of color.

 

[helenabear]

Wow... I'm seriously shocked at that thought. If a man looks good in pink it is fine for them to wear it. One of my good friends and my DH both look hot in pink. I encourage both to wear that more often.

It is definitely NOT a gay color!

 

[java]

Well all of my boys wore their pink shirts on Easter and have worn them since. (2,4, 13 and DH) And all have worn them since. They all looked great in pink and honestly if it was the pink that made your dh think that way I am really surprised- Mannerisms maybe but the color of his shirt? Please I bought DH a pink shirt with a striped pastel tie last year- when he was heading to a conference and he said he got compliments on it all day. Men with confidence can wear anything.