It feels like wherever I go, I always get asked the meaning of the hankies in my back pockets. They are pretty basic colors (not red/black/yellow/brown) (hehe) Have they become so obsolete that no one wears them or knows what they mean anymore?
Should I stop trying to answer this question? What do you think?
2006-08-08 08:21:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
ooh, flagging? sounds interesting!
I wholeheartedly agree with the "communicate with your words and not butt" sentiment that another responder stated... but...
flagging sounds so... for lack of a better word... cool!
ah. but yeah, generations lose touch with those old signs.
I think, if I am correct about what I believe flagging is, that the benefit of it is that, even though talking to someone is better than having them judge you by what color you're wearing on your a ss, the hankie seems like it'd be a useful indicator for what you are or aren't into. I'm thinking of this flagging thing in juxtaposition to the "colored band" fad that teens have/had. It'd be a sign, so the person, to put it bluntly, wouldn't have to waste time if they were into something that you werent. But to have a real relationship, yeah, flagging is probably not the way to go.
But what do I know? I don't even know what flagging is, so I could be totally off on this.
Interesting question though. So... what IS flagging anyway?
2006-08-08 08:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by Zyxxin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The practice has largely (but not entirely) fallen out of use, perhaps due to the advent of internet dating and the coming out of more members of the leather and BDSM communities.
I am involved in the leather community where I live and know a few men that still 'flag'. But it is mainly only done at leather events since they seem to be the only ones that still even understand what the varying colors represent.
2006-08-08 15:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by rp_iowa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see some older guys still into hankie codes (I'm 57) but not very many and only in bars and things...not too much on the street.
Besides I could never keep the left and right sides 'straight'
2006-08-08 15:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hankies? *blank stare* -- I've been out since I was 14 and with the same partner for nearly 15 years. I'm 38 -- I have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about. I'm sorry.
Kind regards,
Reyn
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2006-08-08 17:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i rarely see anyone wearing hankies anymore. Most of the gay community has no idea what color means what. They only time I see them anymore is in a leather bar, and even then it is very rare. I would stop wearing them.
2006-08-08 15:25:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm 38 and i think by the time i was active (1987) hankies were pretty much already out of vougue, unless it was serious fetish. i don't think any of the young guys have a clue
2006-08-09 03:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's no longer needed. You'll find out what an other guy is interested in by asking. These little "color codes" are out dated.
2006-08-08 15:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by phxguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the left pocket, active
right is passive.
different colors mean different things.
2006-08-08 22:57:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've only heard of it being done in Urban neighborhoods. I wouldn't have the slightest idea what they meant.
2006-08-08 16:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by Think.for.your.self 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the better thing to do is to communicate with your words instead of your butt. Yes, it is a remnant of bygone days.
2006-08-08 15:29:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋