I’m in theatre. Always have been, probably always will be. One issue I have always run across is that I am not particularly “girly” enough for directors to consider me for a more feminine role. (If you can imagine the amazing amount of parts that I haven’t gotten because I am generally more masculine, you’d probably be in shock) In all honesty, I think it’s just because I never understood the big deal about being feminine. Girls doll themselves up – poking, prodding, primping, high heels, trying to suck it in for that last inch of zipper to finally go up on the perfect dress, etc. All while men throw on a button-up shirt, a pair of slacks, maybe a tie and they look “nice.” Thinking costume-wise, it doesn’t matter on the time-era for men – they just need to make sure they have pants and a shirt. For women, style, cut, color of dresses, hair and make-up all need to be considered and looked-over on several different occasions.
So where am I going with this? Not sure. Seems as though there are now a lot more masculine women around while men become more feminine. Can someone explain to me why guys wear girls’ pants nowadays? There was a period of time where metrosexuality was a thing for men (I’m pretty sure there’s an episode of South Park about it), and after watching Tough Guise, it made me wonder what happened in that moment where guys started worrying more about having gel in their hair instead rather than actually bothering to shower or not. With the guys becoming more feminine, it seems as though girls have to step-up the manliness to compensate. Which eventually ends up with the overly masculine women and sickeningly feminine men, and both have a tendency to make people uncomfortable.
I don’t know where I was going with this. This was just a random thought process that I had going on.
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