I happen to like half shirts on guys a lot but when I checked through Yahoo Answers for "half shirts" questions I was stunned by the responses, ranging from eye-rolling to outright homophobia.
When did the bare midsection get to be exclusively a female thing? Both guys and girls have midsections and both can be attractive - in different ways, of course (c'mon ladies ... you know you've stolen looks at those beefcakes' abs as they walk along the beach or at the park).
I know that fashions go through cycles - for men as well as women - but I never understood why half-shirts faded as they did. Was it because, all of a sudden, with gays' increasing visibility politically as well as in the movies & TV that guys - suddenly - didn't want to risk looking feminine somehow?
I bet $100 that if Abercrombie & Fitch made half shirts for guys popular again, they'd come back. (No, not for macho types affected by "gay panic".)
Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_shirt
2006-10-27 20:35:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Perhaps for many of us it's our sense of UGLYPHOBIA that is enraged!!! Just because something is critiqued does not mean it's phobic..... that's merely your dirty little PC trick to discourage free speech.
2006-10-27 20:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
OOH OOH OOH! HALF SHIRTS! *drools*... I do prefer my hot gay guys in shirts that expose their midriffs.. their glistening, toned midriffs... lol! I call them my cute boy-whores. Hehe. And definitely no homophobia on my part, as you can tell. I'm about the most open-minded gal you can find... except when I'm talking about repubs, religious crackpots, or heteros. v.v'...
Oh, and by the way... whenever I pass Amercrombie & Fitch in the mall, I always see their advertising with the hot shirtless guys. Hmmm... why DON'T they market more to gays? They'd make a shitload of money.
2006-10-28 03:42:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer the last part first. I am a proud homophobic. Homosexuality is not genetic - it is a choice. Unfortunately, it is a sinful choice. And it's a choice that I'm afraid my children will be tempted to make. Therefore, I'm homophobic.
As far as half shirts - if I had washboard abs I'd show them off.
2006-10-28 03:43:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Half shirts for guys are a no no. They will never be in fashion...for real men.
It is just the way it is. Hope this helps.
2006-10-28 03:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by An Unhappy Yahoo User 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please ask them why they want to be a victim. Amitiés. Salut!
2006-10-28 03:40:23 · answer #5 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋