Why do some men feel uncomfortable with calling other men handsome? (Page 2)
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because we live in a society where men are meant to be masculine and were afraid of what others may think too. no, it is not gay i myself have given compliments on other men's hair cuts and such and it was not meant to be in any way other than a compliment.
Not sure why. But many men think they are unattractive. So that could be part of the problem. Our issues isn't with being called gay.
"Are you gay?"
Those kinds of toxic masculinity. I've heard them myself. I was asked that.
But if they ask me this question again, I'll simply answer with "Yes" next time. Then they always shut up 😂. I do not seek any approval of others in such a moronic manner.
I honestly don't have a good sense for which men are or aren't handsome. I mean, I can see the obvious things like fat or ugly guys versus fit and healthy guys, but I am consistently surprised by which guys women have told me are or are not handsome.
I think women are just generally much more sexually attracted to other women than men are to other men. It's nature.
It is shame that some can not understand that there is difference between talking about aesthetics and a sexual attraction. They automatically, falsely think that this is the same, and that the teller is gay.
Because they were raised to think being gay is bad. I'm straight. But I will gladly call my best male friend a sexy bitch. Also would go gay for Jason Momoa and Ryan Reynolds
I might be the odd one out here, but I genuinely don't know what's considered attractive on guys. More often than not I genuinely think a guy looks hilariously bad and suddenly there's girls talking about him.
Because other men are competition. Nobody likes praising their competition.
Guys don't like admitting some other guy is better than they are.
Yes, it's gay for a man to tell another man he's handsome. Why in the world would we want to COMPLIMENT OUR COMPETITION
It’s weird unless it’s like your father or grandfather, those are really the only two men it would be comfortable coming from. At least in my area, it’s not socially acceptable amongst men.
Trust me guys know which guys are handsome and which ones are ugly. They just won’t say it
I have no idea. I think it's stupid.
Men should have enough confidence and security to be able to give a compliment.
It's fine if it's just to encourage him and make him more self-confident, maybe it's ok if we are joking and having a good time but without any reason it will be too gay.
It feels gay, like another guy checking out your penis at the urinal.
to be honest i feel uncomfortable calling other women pretty sometimes
I’m not uncomfortable with it I just see no reason to do it.
Also I’m kind of an asshole.
Im not sure about other men but I have no problem saying a mans handsome. Andrew Lincoln is especially handsome to me. I also have no problem saying if Id do sexual stuff with them.
Because we do want to be thought of as Gay by anyone if we aren't.
Sorry we don't..
Men rarely give other men compliments, because that's not how we talk to our friends, and we certainly aren't used to receiving them.