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Men wearing nail polish is definitely not normalized in our western or eastern society.
by siva7 4y ago
Men wearing nail polish is definitely not normalized in our western or eastern society.
- pxmpxm 4y agoI thought that one specifically was a non-hetero signaling device?
- DaiPlusPlus 4y agoOr goth
- red-iron-pine 4y agoYeah mostly where I've seen it on guys is in the metal / goth / punk / i'm-in-a-band-but-not-really scene. No connotations to homosexuality AFAIK.
- schrijver 4y agoClose, I think it’s more about signalling you’re not into traditional gender roles. There are women who are into that, just like there are gay men who don’t like effeminate men. If you live in a place with enough potential friends and lovers it saves everybody time, and you look fabulous to boot.
- Gigachad 4y agoIt's normalized to the point where it's not likely to attract attention but still not common. I'd say it would be vastly more normalized than a man wearing a skirt for example.
- rayiner 4y agoI have literally never seen a man wearing nail polish.
- flappyeagle 4y agoI see them every day. We must live in different places.
- krageon 4y agoI would argue that for a thing to be normal both of you would have to see it at least sometimes, unless OP lives on the moon and you live on mars.
- tptacek 4y agoKenji Lopez-Alt wears nail polish in most of his videos.
- pen2l 4y agoKenji does it when he's playing with his daughter, he polishes her nails and she polishes his -- I think this explanation would fly even in the most uptight and puritanical of the conservative crowd. I do wonder whether he'd bow to the pressure of being more "professional" if he was still making videos under the seriouseats or ATK banner. Maybe he would, but he is quite an oddball in more ways than one. Both of his parents were Harvard/MIT professors, he is not silent about his political views (he at one point literally forbade anyone with a Trump hat to come in to his restaurant) so we shouldn't extrapolate from this one singular case one way or the other.
- triceratops 4y agoYou've never been to any concert by an artist born after 1960? (excluding classical music)
- rayiner 4y agoNo male artist born after 1960, no. Last concert I went to was Carrie Underwood. Who was wearing nail polish. (I’m not judging just literally was not aware it was a thing.)
- isaacfrond 4y agoJust attended a high school event. I guess 50% of high school boys wear nail polish.
- swexbe 4y agoThis seems very bay area bubble to me.
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoNot 'round these parts they don't
- idlewords 4y agoThey wear it on their toenails, where you can't see