Guys Wearing Make-Up?
The other night went out for dinner with a group (mixed company), and we saw another couple that caught our attention. She was rather plain and was wearing a long black skirt with a fringed scarf tied around her waist. A really pretty scarf by the way, but her date was the center of attention. He had nice looking features but he was wearing make-up. I mean eyeliner and mascara and a little blush lipstick. He did not apply it as in costume but the same as women wear make-up. I have to tell you, I thought it was very strange and disconcerting.
I think the women's liberation movement has been far too successful. Not only are women taking over everything, but they have been successful in the feminization of males. I hate both parts of this equation.
Women for President, Harvard with its 1st woman President and others, too many to mention here. The women are more ballsy than the men any more. Not good. They are still driven by emotion and that lends itself to poor decision making. Its as though society thinks it owes women something. If men oppose anything said or done by a woman, its discrimination. (This topic I will save for later) The poor guys don't stand a chance. I have only watched Apprentice once, because the women were more vicious, more devious, more everything negative. I hated what I saw.
The last thing I want to see is men wearing make-up. What next, a skirt and pantyhose? Come on guys, take back your rightful place. Grow that moustache and that 5 o'clock shadow. Its manly! I want a man who can beat me arm-wrestling while reading the newspaper and using his weakest arm. Get my drift? I don't need another girlfriend, I have plenty of those, thank you very much...
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That's the kind of thing I tell myself so that I don't give in to despair!
I am not for making males female and having women more masculinity but rather just everyone being more comfortable with whatever. It is sad that men are taught to not cry because it is "the manly thing to do." I do not want the man bawling either, no one wants anyone to be that in disstress, but at least have them comfortable enough to let out their emotions every now and then. The Make-Up might be a bit much but if they always wanted to, I do not entirely see the harm other than a source of entertainment.
It just should not be the "female" thing. I guess I just do not like gender roles defined by society and time. The only thing that should define a male and female should be their private parts. People may have preferences to how they prefer their man/woman, much like they do with friends and what not.
As for the make-up, many types were originally invented by men for their use and only abandoned after those pesky women took them up. Eyeliner dates to the Egyptian dynasties, rouge to Rome, and henna at least to the Middle Ages - all used first by men. And, of course, there is the kilt [2] and the excesses of the court of Louis XVII...
John
[1] Male emotions: Horny, Hungry [a], Really Horny, Happy, Really Really Horny, Mad, Ready-to-die Horny, Sad. Female emitions: There are neither enough numbers in the infiniverse nor words in the dictionary to describe them all.
[2] Which is actually fairly comfortable as long as you remember to tuck it under yourself when you sit down.
[a] Anyone who thinks that Hungry isn't an emotion is advised to spend ten minutes with an infant or man who is waiting for dinner.
And we certainly don't lack manly men in this society. A lot of women are still silent subordinate partners in their relationships--owing in to a domineering manliness that is quite prevalent.
Certainly, some women are ballsy. Yet the upper echelons of the US are predominantly controlled by men. Women are far from "taking over everything."
Moreover, I welcome individual expression, especially in such a benign form as wearing makeup. Others' personal appearance is hardly a concern, yes? Shouldn't we be more concerned with behavior?
I *do* agree that movement feminism has often forgotten that masculinity is a positive thing. That said, if the "last thing you want to see" is men wearing makeup, maybe I don't undertand your priorities...or what sort of incident would make you think "women are taking over everything."
Personally, I see a lot of gender characterstics/roles as the product of society (ie wearing makeup). I don't think that make-up wearing is a necessarily womanly thing in and of itself, but our society has put it in the category of 'normal for women' and 'unusual for men'.
I think it's important to determine if a specific characterisic/role/behavior is based in society or inherent in masculinity and femininity; those deliniated by society being obviously less important to follow closely, though at one's own peril.
Then again, the beauty of liberal democracy is that we can all feel free to wear eye-liner and endure the wrath of the Madmouser...if we were so inclined. ;)