Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
Can't argue with that. Western society's lack of acceptance of anything approaching "feminine" is really quite illogical. I suppose we just have to chalk it up to "that's the way things are", even if we don't understand it or agree with it. On the bright side, though, the culture of acceptance is changing rapidly, and many things that would have been taboo when I was younger are now perfectly acceptable.
Lol. Just reading this reminded me of a funny memory. When I was young, I would rather DIE than suffer the embarrassment of holding my mother's purse for her in public when she needed to free up her hands for a moment... And when I got the "You'd BETTER do as I say... Or else..." look, I would take the purse, and hold it "just so" while looking all around just to make sure no one was watching and that no one could POSSIBLY make the mistake that it was actually MY purse.....

Years later, even after I got married, for the first couple years I wouldn't want to hold my wife's purse either... I felt like I was a kid again too... First the "Do it.. OR ELSE" gaze.... then hold it at arm's length with only a thumb and index finger while slowly looking around to make sure no one would think that I was carrying a purse.

Took a long time to evolve not only the maturity not to give a #&$%'(@ what people thought, but also to have enough confidence in my own masculinity (and femininity for that matter).

How absurdly silly though. Why should anyone care that you're carrying a purse or not. And yet, I know that there are thousands and thousands of men out there who are still in that situation... Heaven forbid should their wife or g.f. send him out to buy feminine hygiene products... Or a woman's magazine... Or a pair of pantyhose...