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Meh. Pink is pink. To me attractiveness is more dependent on whether his clothes match and are appropriate for the scenario than it is dependent on the color.
My brother is stubborn and refuses to go shopping for his own clothes. Which I'm fine with, because then I get to pick out whatever I want for him when I go shopping for myself. (He pays me back for the clothes. He just doesn't want to go to the store for them and try things on.) I like playing around with different clothing styles. Picking his outfits lets me play around with guy's clothes too.
Anyway, a lot of his clothes are pink. At first no other guy at our school wore pink. So people would actually point it out, and if people didn't know who he was, people would just say the blonde one with the pink shorts (he had pink shirts too, and eventually pink shoes and belts and stuff, but the shorts were more immediately noticeable). But my brother is cool enough to pull it off. And the girls loved it. So a bunch of other guys started copying him. And my brother won the superlative for best dressed at his high school.
Pink is a known golf course color for men, but in general it's seen as a girl's color. It also has gay connotations. I'm sure your guy is reacting to all these overtones. You'll never sway him if these are concerns of his. Personally, I don't like pink myself because it's always been a "girly girl" color. Giggly, silly, over-feminine. I feel what he's worried about as I don't see myself as giggly, silly, over-feminine and don't want to present myself as such. There are pink tones, such a mauve, which are in essence neutral colors. Ask him about those.
I don't get the aversion guys have to the color pink. Until 100 years ago pink was a guy's color and blue was a girl's color. It just seems odd to me cause it's so arbitrary. Like... it's a frequency of light for crying out loud and we're going to pretend it defines your masculinity? That's just dumb. I like the color pink. I don't have any pink shirts but If I did I'd probably wear them fairly often. I mean... purple is my favorite color followed by deep blue, but eh, pink's cool enough.
But yeah, there's nothing gay about the color pink except that I think most gay guys are confident enough in their masculinity that they're comfortable wearing it... that or maybe it's just as a "fuck off" to people who say pink is girly along with "guys must only like girls." I dunno, either way... I'm a straight white male who likes the color pink just fine but believes purple to be the superior color x3
A man wears pink😂. Guys don't wear pink. The color pink is like trained into us before as being just a girly color (was bullied in elementary school by the other boys who didn't wear it). But, now that I'm all grown up, pink is like telling girls that I have a sensitive side. I'm a man who would drop his ego just for his girl😂. I go from mean, possessive momma bear for guys going near my girl to teddy bear for my girl😂. Pink is a way to express himself in a different light than just being masculine. It could even be a way to show that you are more manly than most. Plus pink is lighter on the eyes
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yay. Pink is just a color. If a guy can pull it off, good for him!
Pink is forced on all of us as a 'girls' color. My Little Ponies, Barbie, they're surrounded by pink. Even GAG has blue for guys and pink for women. I was getting fitted for a suit, and my wife was looking at a poster of a guy wearing pink. She told me he looks really good. I said, "He's wearing pink. Maybe in New York City you could do that, but NO guy in this area wears pink." The only kind of guy who could pull off the 'pink' look would be a young fit handsome hunk who's really up to date on fashion.
I think it's just a tainted view society puts into our heads. We don't associate most things as being negative unless we have learned from someone else that that's the way we should perceive it. I personally find it sexy if I guy wears pink and can rock it. My husband won't wear straight pink but he will wear something with pink in it as long as I like it. He will only wear clothes that are comfy to him and then if I like it on him and it passes the comfy test then he will wear it if I lay it out for him after his shower.
It's a very classic color for men to wear in the Anglo-American tradition, specifically with shirts.
Like if you're wearing shirts with a suits, it's the #3 color behind white and blue. It's definitely the easiest color to wear of the non white/blue. Men's suits tend to be grey, blue and occasionally browns, and pink works with all of those more easily then any other non white/blue color.
Anyway in general pink just goes really, really well with navy. It (and other pastels) have always been a core part of the kind of east coast 'prep' or upper class English palette.
I also have a pink sweater I wear sometimes. It's not salmon at all ā¦ more like a hibiscus pink.
Yeah. That's "the gay" factor, because they're the ones that "own it" comfortably. But since the 80s or so, the "metrosexual" & hyper-masculine types have made in-roads wearing *DISTINCTLY NOT-PINK* "Salmon"...😉🤣
Personally, it's hard to pull off pink "comfortably"; whether it's the redneck talkin' out the side of his neck, having to explain to other gay people that, no, really, you're just not gay, or the sheer number of times women look at you too many times in a day with the "shucks, too bad he's gay" looks... there's just no upside to wearing it unless you're doing casual... around the pool, out at sea... whatever. Just don't go into town like that.
(Pretty much the baseline for cross-dressers, right there, the color pink)
[*pssst* if it disturbs you psychologically to think of it so narrowly defined, you can always see it like someone else's floral arrangement.]😉
Before the 1940's pink wasn't a feminine color and blue wasn't a masculine color. In fact it was the other way around. Granted the blue women wore were more sky blue but pink is a lighter shade of red and red was considered the manliest color back in those times. So, if someone wore pink it was considered a masculine color. In the 1920's pink was described by several to be manly, but through the 30's and then the 40's stores have noticed that more and more people started buying pink for girls and blue for boys and once the 40's came around pink for girls and blue for boys eventually became the accepted norm so they started to market those colors to those sexes. Despite the fact that they are just colors and technically aren't feminine or masculine. They only become feminine or masculine after we assign such meaning to them.
My favorite shirt is pink. I got it for only $2 and like combining with jeans and flip-flops. I'm aware that it has a feminine or possibly gay connotation, but that might be why I like it. I don't care much about the feminine thing and I'm completely straight, plus I like standing out in a crowd. :-D
NOT pink, salmon Bro!
@Guardian45 Is that salmon? I thought that'd be a more orangish kind of color. I am not so good with all these color names. :-D I like to call it "pink" though! I'd be disappointed if it was called "salmon".
Well obviously as a REAL MAN, you can't tell the difference between pink and salmon; therefore, I decree you a REAL MAN. Welcome, Bro Dude!
@Guardian45 Haha! Thanks. And glad to join the club.
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Actually, some men famous for wearing pink are actually quite awesome.
This trilogy movie of its own actually broke box-office records across Asia.
REAL MEN wear salmon.
I have nothing against a guy wearing pink in theory but for some reason pink shirts on men bug me. I mean I don't even like to wear pink so I don't know. There is no logical reason why I don't like it.
If he wants. Wusses let colors dictate their confidence in being a man or woman.
Colors are self imposed things that people decided. If 2000 years ago, people considered green to be feminine, men today may avoid green a lot.
Men can wear pink. Women can wear blue. Has nothing to do with your sexuality.
If a guy is secure about his masculinity, any color or implication of colors should not be an issue to him.
I buy pink shirts for my guy because it also looks good on him. He's never made a fuss whatsoever about the color. He says "Thanks!" and puts them on for a round of golf.
I'm partially colorblind, some dark colors I just don't see, some light/pastel colors i don't see. Pink is one of my favorite colors because, when it's hot pink, I can clearly see it. So, I like pink, I wear pink, and it's generally a bright pink. It's a casual look, and it's personal preference.
Well back in the day wrestlers would wear pink so the fans would boo them because they were bad guys and the fans would chant faggot faggot now I don't know if that would work since a lot of people support LGBT so men wearing pink is meaningless these days.
Probably because he'll be seen as gay or less masculine. If he didn't like the color then he would probably just say that, not make an excuse about how he is a man and therefore can't wear pink.
Personally I am fine wearing pink, but people also assume I'm gay all the time. I just dont care if people think I'm gay, I got used to it, and even though I'm straight, it usually doesn't bother me.
Generally I don't think pink deserves to be associated with being gay, it's just a color and just as it is with most colors - some looks good in it and some don't, some like it and some don't, some clothes look good being pink and some don't.
I hate it when people associate colors with gender! Pink is just fine for men and blue is just right for girl babies, too. Let's end the silliness of traditional dumb stuff! :)
Yay. Anyone who says that itās girly/feminine adheres to a toxic mindset that currently plagues men. How is a color deemed effeminate or masculine? Itās nonsensical and has nothing to do with if a man is masculine or gay.
I usually ger attracted with those man in pink.. So it's a big YES for me!😍 they look clean in pink.. It's not supposed to be look like a gay but it's actually showing masculinity..😊ā¤ā¤
Yay! It´s just a color - a preppy feminine color that is, but who cares! If it goes along with my outfit. Great! If not... Not so great.
It just depends on the whole outfit I think.
The situation was opposite tens years ago. People thought girls should wear blue because it seemed tender and calm, while guys should wear pink because it seemed strong and passionate. It's only stereotype that guys in pink is connected to gay. Guys can wear pink freely, if he wants to.
I do it sometimes and I always get complements from women that it fits my tanned skin and lighter hair. Iād say though, as an international living in the U. S., I noticed that a lot of dudes assume youāre gay as soon as they see you in pink which I never quite understood (not that being gay is shameful or anything, but I donāt understand how wearing a certain color would give you a label right off the bat).
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Nowadays I don't think it matters so much. Years ago men would always wear dark clothing. Nowadays it's more usual and better to wear all sorts of clothing. Recently I got some colourful panties. They are colourful, but so much more comfy than men's pants. I think that pink and red are very nice colours to brighten up your mind and make you feel good.
Personally, I associate with with feminine, but most of all, the color is just not me. I've been cynical all my barely notable existence, so a happy go lucky color does not properly reflect me.
I wear pink because my grandmother was a breast cancer survivor.
I personally hate the color, but I'm not gonna assume someone's sexuality simply because of a color they where.
people should wear what they feel comfortable wearing, screw public opinion if shoppers at wallmart can get away with it have at it :)
I don't think pink is "gay" but I don't really like the color very much so I don't personally wear it. I don't even wear red very often.
Its 2019. Times are changing. It is acceptable for men to wear pink, we dont live in the padt anymore smh
I think it is all good, I like the color but it would be weird if both their pants and shirt was pink tho
Nay. I like men and women to be different.
But yeah, historically it used to be reversed.
You better not wear blue then
this is something you should ask him directly but I think some straight guys are really insecure about being perceived as less manly or even gay. For me, I love a guy in a pink shirt and my boyfriend has several.
I think it all depends on his style. Not all guys like the color. Personally I like when guys wear light or pale pink button downs. They look very classy and put together.
Guys are hot in pink or violet, and I'm a gay guy so maybe this won't help as much but whenever I see a guy wearing pink there's pretty strong I only have like 1 pink shirt
I think it has to do more with how good he can pull it off. The colour itself doesn't make you anything... (straight, gay, trans, asexual, or whatever)
Yeah na no straight guy wears girls colors especially pink unless its a pitched ts with pink in it and other colors only way I would wear pink is if its a man string for my girlfriend behind closed doors in our room doing a strip tease
It looks good on most guys honestly! Same with purple! Purple is my fav color!
Pink has a sharpness and crispness to it that looks really good on dress shirts or vests
Yes to guys wearing pink, depending on how well it suits him. If he canāt pull it off and is still confident he can find another color to bring out his confidence
It's just pink. I see no association with being gay. Does that mean I can't wear blue?
I like it. I donāt know why it would be a bad thing
Some guys look good in pink, and some guys don't look good in pink. A guy should wear what comfortable wearing.
I don't see a problem with guys wearing pink and I don't think it automatically makes one gay or bi.
I think you are over thinking it a little.
He doesn't like pink shirts.
As long as he isn't trying to stop other men from wearing pink shirts then there is really nothing wrong with it.
When it's worn by the right guy, it's super sexy or cute on others, or just really bad 😂
Guys that are secure in their masculinity have no problem wearing it
My theory is that only very handsome men can use a pink shirt and look good.
I don't like the color so I don't wear it. But otherwise I see no issue with guys wearing pink. I am man enough to do it. The colors of my shirt change nothing.
It's fine. I don't see myself wearing it because I don't like the colour pink. It doesn't have enough personality in my opinion. It's like reds weaker cousin.
look at Yoshihiro Akiyama and say he does not look good. It takes some mans like him to rock the pink shirt. I like different shades of pink. You can look good in any color but it depends on how you incorporate them in your attire and overall look. Does not have to be sophisticated just basic.
Pink seems anti masculine, since from birth we are defined by gender through color. But now I just see it as a color, I can rock anything and look good
If you wear Salmon!
I think it dpends on the guy. Then again if say that for any color of shirt.
Yay or nay... Where is yass no matter yay for pink its my favorite color
I don't wear pink because it is one of the many colors that does not work on me. Others include red, yellow, orange, anything neon, ...
Pink does suit men, it's a very feminine. I don't care what anyone says women should dress like women, and men should dress like men. I'm not going to be tricked into this weird ish people accept today, no thanks.
I have no problem with it, as long as they pull it off. If you look good, you look good. Even if they don't look good I wouldn't be offended by them wearing it, it's their choice if they want to wear a colour that makes their skin look like trash.
Haha ur such a brat
If your too scared to wear pink because society calls it feminine or gay. Then your just a beta make following societyās norms. Be an alpha and wear whatever tf u want. U caring about others or societyās opinions in general whether itās pink shirt or any other thing just shows how insecure and beta u are.
Hell yeah! If a man is confident in his sexuality, then why does it matter?
Depends on the shade of pink. I personally don't like this color but nevertheless sometimes men look good in it.
Yeah! I like guys in pink.
The local rugby team near where I live wear pink shirts and they are very manly!
I can pull it off and have when required, but just not what I reach for. Not my thing.
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