Posted on 05/02/2017 7:16:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
They won't relent until every red-blooded American male is toting one.
I speak of the fashion industry's newest attempt to persuade men to carry pursues.
In a new Chanel advertisement, a fashionable fellow named Pharrell shows, or tries to, that it's hip for a man to carry a purse.
The fellow's full name is Pharrell Williams. He's a singer, record producer and fashion mogul who, according to Essence, is a "leader in disregarding societal norms when it comes to style."
In the advertisement, Pharrell walks into a warehouse with a heavily ornamented purse strapped around his shoulder. He rides industrial carts with wheels and dares to walk on a dangerously narrow steel beam.
How manly!
In the spot, the 44-year-old fellow is wearing stylish tennis shoes, the way kids do, black-and-yellow striped socks, the way teenage girls do, and a dainty, high-design shirt, the way women do.
At first glance, his choice of clothing might suggest he is a casual, free-spirited fellow. But there is nothing casual about the duds he sports or the purse he carries. The purse is named "Gabrielle" and its price tag is a ridiculous $3,600. It's part of a larger strategy for fashion executives to push "gender-fluid" clothing on an unassuming public.
Chanel executives are surely betting big that the ultra-hip Pharrell - Chanel's first male handbag model in its 108-year history - can get millions of confused males to spend zillions on man purses.
If you're a male who thinks you need a purse to carry your high-fashion junk - hair goop, jewelry and whatever other feminine items you shouldn't be carrying - you've got to come to your senses.
Look, it was bad enough when male-focused magazines began running the same sort of headlines as female-focused magazines: "How to Trim that Belly to Improve Your Self-Esteem and Win Her Affection."
It was bad enough when men began getting so self-absorbed with their looks that they began doting on their skin, figure and clothing the way women do.
But purses for men? Oh, where to begin.
Let's start with a biological fact: On balance, most women are very different from most men.
According to Psych Central, a study led by Marco Del Giudice, Ph.D., of the University of Turin, made a shocking discovery: There are significant differences between the sexes.
The study used "new and more accurate methods to measure and analyze personality differences" in men and women to assess 15 personality scales, such as warmth, sensitivity, perfectionism and so on. By assessing multiple traits, rather than individual traits as prior male-female studies had done, the researchers identified several differences between men and women.
Why are we different? Michael Gurian, author of "What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man's Mind Really Works," says survival is the reason.
He explains that evolution thousands of years ago geared the male mind toward open spaces (the ability to track animals), whereas evolution geared the female mind to enable multitasking (the ability to manage numerous details that were needed to keep the family alive).
And though we no longer need many of the instincts and impulses that are built into our DNA, the unpleasant fact is that they're still there. The unpleasant truth is that our biological makeup is the reason men and women are so different.
Here's another truth: Men and women are at their best when they celebrate, rather than obscure, their unique qualities - in actions, manner and dress.
So if you're a trendy male who is dumb enough to spend $3,600 on a lousy purse - if you want to be the willing dupe of the fashion executives pushing the gender-fluid trend - here's something you'd better keep in mind.
Women carry purses. Men don't.
hilarious how they always credit the ‘mindless purposeless’ concept of evolutionism, as having the strange, almost, brain-like capabilities of making a man do one thing like hunt, and enable a women to multi-task, as if it is some sort of plan....all done under the ‘purposeless, mindless’ concept of evolutionism...
hell give it up already.
Just what every guy needs - something to carry his tampons.
Love the HK, but you should try V-picks. They actually sound better and play better than “normal” picks. Plus, you never drop them, so you only need to carry one. Less stuff to carry!
Ninja’d.
Stupid issue.
If you have things to carry that don’t fit in your pocket, you need something to carry them in. People have been carrying things around in containers since forever. I bet cavemen had a ‘purse’ or a little pouch or something to keep extra arrowheads or whatever in tied to their waist.
It doesn’t have to be a ‘purse’, it could be a briefcase, or a duffel bag, backpack, fanny pack ... or whatever.
What I hate is when people who don’t carry any sort of container ask me to put something of theirs in my purse because they are tired of carrying it around .. . or ... ask me for things like a pen, paper,or a tissue that they assume I have in my purse (I do, but I carry these things for MY convenience).
Carry your own damn stuff.
I can’t count the times I’ve had men in business ask me for a pen so they can write something down in a meeting .... like I’m some kind of pen servant or something. No. Get your own damn pen. Get a pocket pen protector or something. This in particular annoys me. I might have ten extra pens in my purse but I’m still going to say no, I don’t have an extra pen. Call me petty but, c’mon, bring a pen to a meeting. Don’t treat people with purses like your personal bearers of stuff.
Now my daughter, like most young people, walks around holding her phone in her hand (ands sometimes laying it down and forgetting where it is). But if we are out somewhere and she wants to be hands free for something, “Hey mom can you pop this in your purse?” No. Carry something to hold your belongings. “Hey Mom, can you call my phone so I can find it” No, carry something to hold your belongings so they don’t get lost.
Whatever happened to common sense?
And "go-bags."
How about a military style (ammo/shoulder) bags? armynavy.com, amazon and others have them.
So, if someone is “gender fluid” does he/she/it carry a purse one day and not the next day? How does a “gender fluid” thing feel about marrying another “gender fluid” thing? On some days their genders will match up, on others not.
This is a sign of a culture that is degrading rapidly. Now we see that electing Trump is not going to stop the mad rush to perdition.
Here ya go. A possible bag for patches, lead balls, patch knife, extra priming powder flask, etc. Hang this on your belt:
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/423/1/BAG-BELT-M
I'm stealin' that.
I love V-picks. I just bought 4 new ones to try and my favorite wound up being the tiny green one.
...and briefcases.
Regards,
I am genuinely interested in how you collected that info!
Are you a historian?
Regards,
Man Bag.
Guitar picks?
If you are a male and you carry a purse, you are a fag. Full stop.
Thanks for the tip about Vpicks.
Normally when I buy picks I figure that I will lose half of them so I immediately throw half the picks out the window in order to satisfy fate...
Yep. Thankfully I work in an office by myself so I keep a cheap Squier Bullet at work. At lucnh or downtimes I will pick it up and practice some songs. Without an amp is quiet enough that I can tell what it sounds like but it wont carry past my door
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