Men of the Old Ways - Should A Man Wear Pink Out With His Friends?

You know, Kathy and I have been watching old reruns of Gunsmoke lately. And one thing I've noticed about Marshal Dillon is that you have to be one tough hombre to wear a pink shirt everyday in Dodge City.

Very funny! The sound quality on the speaking parts was inferior to the first part but if you can improve that on the next batches, this series will be classic!

With his lady, he should have even less reason to wear pink. Confused gender roles, anyone?

Adam, the problem was our wireless mics were not working so we had to rely on the cam's (we did have 5 of them) microphones for sound. We were all bummed but our shooting window was such that we had to shoot without the wireless mics. The upcoming episodes are pretty funny :)

Thanks

GF, in today's cultural climate wearing pink with a guy = you are trying to "be the lady" - so we want to avoid that. With your lady you can wear pink in fully confirmed, heterosexual masculinity. Smile.

I have Dansko clogs, but still no pink shirt.
Trivia: I can't sleep until I figure this one out. What do you call the litter that slaves carry royalty on. Looks like a teepee on a base of sticks. Carried on shoulders?

Greg, I have no idea on the trivia question :) I'm not sure I even got what you were describing :)

Clogs are cool...

Reid, I agree with your first statement, but what stops people from thinking, if you're wearing a pink shirt with a woman, that you're one of her gay male friends? Think "Will and Grace". Next you'll say it's okay to pick out wallpaper or go shoe shopping with women but not with men. I declare this a slippery slope, and the line has to be drawn somewhere, why not at pink? It never even occured to me to wear pink. Ever.

hey Reid:

wanted to pass along this video. It's a 40 minute documentary by Rod Liddle and he surveys the current state of "Faith vs. Reason". It's a good video with many interviews.

http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/trouble_with_atheism.htm

Nice, Reid! My favorite is the Hispanic guy - he cracks me up.

I have no problem wearing pink. I don't own a purely pink shirt at the moment, but I DO have a shirt with a little bit of pink in it. However, if I did have a nice pink shirt, I wouldn't have a problem wearing it, depending on when and where.

I'm not sure that what color you wear determines your manhood. It must be about something else. Someone could wear pink and not be a homosexual. Likewise, one could be a homosexual and not wear pink. He could be an athlete... see also the recent news in the NBA.

Could I wear pink proudly as long as I know I could beat up somebody who made fun of me for it? Is "toughness" what makes you a man? I'm sure John Amaechi could beat the snot out of half the guys on your video... So, who's the man?

What makes the man? Clothes? Outer appearance? I'm not sure...

Interesting discussion though...

--Seville

PS - as far as the trivia question goes, I think slaves carried royalty on a sedan... but from your description, it didn't sound like a sedan... ???

Jesus is the man. And I would wear pink, lavender, go shoe shopping, and pick out wall paper in fully confirmed male heterosexuality.

I would do such things with dudes or my wife. My identity and manhood is in Christ.

Yes, our Hispanic friend continues to inspire in the 4 episodes coming. Next week the question is "Can guys ask out chicks in church?" The reasoning is tight and the logic impeccable.