men wearing tights.

True; although, the cloak takes away some of the gay-ness. Some of the armored variations of the Robin suit are pretty cool.

I prefer baggy pants. People are always asking me "How much weight have you lost?"

Lol. Funny topic.

This movie was the first thing I thought of with this topic. Lol. Part of the reason it's funny is these guys were supposed to be tough outlaws, but prancing around like sissies in tights - kind of the opposite image of that which they were supposed to be conveying.

Yeah, I agree! I laughed when I first saw it.

Exactly. My view is tights really emphasize the body shape. On a well-formed female figure, this is beautiful. However, even on a well-formed male figure, not - I think the male body is designed for functionality rather than aesthetic appeal. Tights on males end up comical at best - attempting to convey aesthetic appeal, but resulting in a failure due to the male shape. Even if the specifically male features are hidden, it just becomes comical, as why else to wear tights if not to accentuate the body shape?

Yes! Even without loss of control, I think it's still unpleasant. I'm obviously biased, but when I've watched male ballerinas in tights, it detracts from the performance. The smooth aerodynamic shape of the women focuses the observer on the dance itself, but with the male, the focus is too often interrupted by the encumbering male features - too many such interruptions, and realising the cause of these makes for somewhat awkward comedy.

Yes. I agree. However, bikinis were once viewed in the same way. This said, I think most would agree that a bikini on a well-formed female looks nice (even if too revealing, for which I believe there are valid arguments). I don't think the same could ever be said for a similar item of clothing worn by a well-formed man - it would just be repulsive.

I attended a Christmas concert this past year at my sister's church. One of the performers was a worship pastor. He came onto the platform wearing stretchy skinny pants. It looked terrible. He is a bigger man and those pants showed everything that he has. I had a hard time to concentrate on the song that he was singing. It was such a distraction. Women tend to wear things that are not appropriate in public as well. So, it's not really a gender issue. It's more of a poor taste in fashion issue.

Tights, or technically hose were standard menswear at the time that movie is set.

Yup.

I just finished Kingdom Come: Deliverance. They were VERY big on historical accuracy in that game. Millers and blacksmiths didn't wear tights, but a lot of the lower nobility did.

Yeah, some guys stress a lot how they like for women to wear tight clothes but it doesn't look good on a man. Well... It doesn't look very good on women either. It's a big distraction regardless of gender. Nobody needs to see that.

And if a person thinks "Yes I do want to see that" is that the kind of person you really want to cater to?

yeah, make the standards roughly the same for each gender, I wonder if part of the reason tights are a no-no today might be simply that modern tights can be worn exactly like pants with a regular length shirt, showing one's but and upper thighs, wereas in the middle ages it was normal to be worn with a tunic that at least covered the upper portion of the thigh and above? That and people aren't used to seeing men wearing such things?

I just remembered tights and hosiery have health benefits in the circulation department handy if you've got to stand in one place all day, there's even versions requiring a prescription.

Those are called compression stockings I think and yeah they are very beneficial. You can even order non-prescriptive ones at Amazon.





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I don't think most would have a problem with the images you showed, other than exhibit 4 on the top line, and exhibit 2 on the bottom, as outer tunics or something provided additional covering.


I think these ones are probably comparable to the ultra-short skirts some women wear these days?

In those days, eunuchs were also more of a thing, so I guess the aforementioned exhibits might've been worn by eunuchs without causing undue alarm? Unless I'm mistaken, codpieces also were a fashion feature in bygone centuries, so perhaps men who wanted to wear the ultra-short tunics in 4 and 2 could get away with doing so by also employing the services of a suitably matching codpiece?

I think your right, also the painting may be exagerated a little. Here's a picture of how the early hose supposedly worked, I guess it would be like wearing compression hose under a pair of shorts.

so much for judge not lest yea be judged. Ever hear of gymnastics?

BTW, I'll add that the rain pants are roomy. The "tights" are simply wool long johns. I just washed, dried and put them away for the season. It's getting too warm now, but I recommend them for 3 seasons. They will keep you warm even if you get caught in the rain a long time.

As a guy, I might wear well tailored pants, but not what you'd call form fitting.
I made the mistake of getting a pair of masculine looking woodland camo pants that fit, but were a little form- fitting. My legs are larger than average, so they made me feel immodest. I only used them for working in my back yard and around the house. Now they are cleaning rags for scrubbing.

Still judging I see, the topic is men in tights, not women.

Sounds about right with what I've heard, seems most people only start to care when the the portion of the leg about halfway up past the knee is visible.