These men probably have a distorted view of masculinity. If I had to guess, using a straw is either perceived as phallic (because it's a long, slender tube with holes at both ends... duh) or because using a straw makes them come across as dependent, that they need external help to get something done and they want to look as though they can tell the world to pound sand and be unaffected.
A straw is a tool, it is neither good nor bad--environmental concerns notwithstanding. It is used primarily to move fluid from one location to another and it serves that function well.
I don't use plastic straws because plastic is bad for the environment, and there's really no need for straws, unless you cannot chew because someone dislocated your jaw.
Use a stainless steel straw instead.
HAHAHAHHA... some guys genuinely are so protective and insecure of their masculinity they feel the need to not use straws to drink?
Is your masculinity so thin and fragile it will be damage by drinking? wow... meanwhile my boyfriend is out here letting me practise my makeup skills on him, literally letting me put lipstick and blush on him as he laughs about it and sends selfies to his friends, still being the most manly guy I know.
For the people who legitimately belive that a guy is gay or feminine for using a straw, you automatically are legally retarded. You have a severe case of mental retardation that is both incurable and untreatable.
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Basically anything that isn't bare minimum, or doesn't show how much you can "endure" is unmanly.
Fancy food? Unmanly. (Oh, what, you too much of a pussy to eat food that doesn't taste as good as the food you're eating right now? PUSSY! -.-)
Drinks that aim to not taste like shit? Unmanly.
Fashion? Unmanly.
Caring about your hair? Unmanly.
Acting like you're hurt, when you're hurt? Unmanly.
Taking a bath? Unmanly.
Getting that lump on your sack checked by a doctor? Unmanly.
Caring about anything that isn't related to displays of power or base survival? Unmanly.
Certain colors? Unmanly.
Sure there are natural differences between men and women. But all of this... is complete horseshit.
This is just as nonsensical as the idea that being able to eat or drink a lot, or liking cars and sports is somehow "manly".
I think we live in an age were masculinity is not clearly defined, and all this shit is a sad substitute for it.
Often it just means being "not like a woman".
I think--unironically-- that it's unmanly to be overly concerned with "appearing manly" or whether this or that "looks girly."
I think a real man does what he pleases and has little to no concern for the opinions of others, even the whole world.
Ultimately, the highest pinnacle of manliness is to have no weakness at all, and therefore no insecurity.
Which still doesn't mean you'd go out of your way to look more feminine, because that would be an expression of insecurity too, from the other direction.
See, you women think this shit's all complicated and it's not, it's simple.
Sucking on your girls nipples don't make you feminine.
Some people don't want to stain their teeth, and the ladies love nice teeth.
Also if using a straw makes you less of a man then you're a fragile little **** and so is your definition of a man.
My vote got recorded wrong, I pressed "I don't care..." but it registered as "I think it's unmanly"
I don't see how a small piece of plastic could be in any way related to someone's gender, it's simply a tool made for easier consumption of a drink, that would be like saying trying to replace the batteries of your TV remote is unfemenine
That just sounds weird, but I guess it's probably a little feminine, but only in comparison to not using one and just drinking straight from the glass or cup.
If anything, you'd expect younger children to drink using a straw, so it's probably more childish if anything, but with both, it depends on the situation, I think, like if you're relaxing on the beach, it's probably more appropriate then and wouldn't look like either.
It kind of depends on the drink, tbh.
I'm not going to drink beer though a straw, unless I'm in some way incapacitated, and that's the only way I can drink it.
But some kind of cocktail in the tropics, like that lad in the picture is drinking? Seems to make sense to me...
I prefer my drinks without straws. I'll only use a straw if it's a drink that is covered with a lid such as iced coffee or bubble tea. But I drink pop without a straw and other drinks without one. I have a beer mug that I pour my drinks into when I am at home. I also don't use straws in restaurants. Europeans actually find it hilarious that Americans put straws in their glass mugs.
It's like the issue of standing or sitting while peeing. I've had guys make fun of me becuz I sit. But, like another guy said, why stand when u can sit? Plus u dont have the problem of a girl sitting on the toilet and accidentally flushing herself trying to stand back up.
It’s a fucking straw. Doesn’t get more asexual than that.
No?
That’s how most people drink their drink when they get fast food- through a straw. Here in New Zealand I’ve never heard of a person thinking this way
Well, technically either it's feminine or it's not, regardless of gender.
That said, I don't think it is. However, there are a couple of comedians who make a hilarious but good point about the face we make when sipping beverages through a straw.
First off, to say "using straws is unmanly" is insecure and childish in itself.
Second, I have no opinion on how "manly" it is to use straws.
Third, I'm against straws for different reasons. (Note, this only applies to disposable plastic straws.) But even then, I tend to not use any straws at all simply because I don't feel I need to use them.
I don't care i use a straw doesn't make me unmanly
I had a great aunt who believed in drinking coca-cola
from a can with a straw, she said, them cans are recycled
and you can pick up germs from the cans.
Use da straws! :D Isn't unmanly :) I think it depends HOW you use the straw, if you twirl it around then it may become les "Manly" but I do that 24/7 :p
I voted B. Any guy that is paranoid about using a straw because of the idea of sucking on a cylindrical object is "unmanly", is weak as fuck and stupid.
Well what are they supposed to do when they get a straw in a coke? Take the straw out and try stick their tounge in the hole?
Put ur mouth on the can...
@Highsxhoolstudent15 No, not the can ones, the ones in a cup with the straw in it you usually get at the cinemas.
Oh those, I mean you could remove the lid and drink out of it like a normal cup
@Highsxhoolstudent15 The lids are really hard to remove... I tried it a few times, sometimes I can't get it off, sometimes I do but I spill the drink everywhere...
I don't use straws for environmental reasons. I wasn't aware that people thought of it as a gendered thing.
welcome to absurd things 101. it's a straw how insecure in your masculinity do you have to be to not use a straw. I personally don't use straws because for 1 it increases the gas intake when drinking carbonated beverages. and secondly because I prefer to keep the waste I generate to a minimum
bwahah wow, that's wild. I'm happy to have never heard of something so strange until now. It's all good :) though now plastic straws are quite taboo
It's not a big deal unless you make it a big deal, I would find it weird if a guy refuse a straw because its too faminin... Wtf
No offense or anything but it's a fucking straw. Lol It's a tool and is not sexualized by it's very nature
I drink straws if the drink calls for it... if it's a cocktail, I'll drink with a straw idgaf. I wouldn't with obvious things... like a beer or shot, etc.
Next question : "is it feminine to brush your hair?"
Its just a straw. Whats next? Nobody eats ice cream out of a waffle cone?
It's circumstantial.
The only time I'd use a straw is if it is from a soft drink like at a restaurant.
It has nothing to do with being "feminine;" plastic straws should be banned in most instances because they're unnecessary and bad for the environment, not because they're masculine or feminine.
I've never heard that. I drink from straws all the time now. Better for your teeth, especially when you're drinking sugared beverages. Also makes it easier to control how much you're drinking at a time.
What's next? Is it feminine for men to take showers?
Yes it always has been
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Joking
If i have to use the womens restroom after drinking from a straw so be it. Some peole think so hard about the stupidest crap.
Never even tnhought anout it being a feminine or unmanly thing
I’ve never cared nor thought so, but no men around me use straws now that I think about it.
Logic 101. If I use a straw that means I suck. If i suck, then I suck dick. #BanStraws
I don't. I use straws for everything though
I don't care if guys use straws. However, at one restaurant chain, they are beginning not to offer straws for environmental reasons. I support that cause.
Never heard of that. In my country it's considered a childish things but some adult still use it.
Don't think it defines anything it's a handy way to drink sometimes 😅
keeps the ice dam from breaking and dumping the drinks on my shirt.
Dafuq? It's utility and what has it to do being feminine and masculine? Question is stupid bizarre
Its not unmanly. But its "unmanlier" than drinking reguarly
It's just a straw, they're probably immature enough to associate any straight cylindrical object with a penis and that's why they don't use them.
Duh if you want a straw in your mouth that means you want a 🍆 in your mouth same goes for eating food
Simply no
Used straws sometimes all my life and this was never questioned or nor did someone around me question it.
Lol this is a new low.. this ain't it chief
How it is feminine to use straws? It's neither feminine or masculine
Facepalm
Whether or not it's feminine is dependent on the type of beverage
Who cares? I am perfectly comfortable drinking my strawberry daiquiri through a straw 😎
Not feminine and especially if you have a beard, it's perfect
I never once associated straws with femininity, tbh, this is new to me.
lol wooow.. really? That's a thing?
Caring what other people think is more "unmanly" than anything else.
Ahhhh I’ve heard it all now.
Wanna see you drink from a straw :)
wtf kind of question is this.. using a straw is not a gender or orientation or anything sexually limited you cannot call using a straw feminine or masculine things to do... so my answer is neither
Straws aren't unmanly per se but I do have to question the masculinity of a man who deliberately introduces an obstacle to getting whiskey into his gullet.
I don't know, that dude is sippin' on gin and juice like a boss, and that little mini-umbrella game is 🔥 too... 😂😂
But seriously though, to answer your question, I don't think so.
I don't use straws but not because I think it's unmanly (it's not). I just think it's kind of a self-infantilization. I mean, I'm an adult, I can hold a glass. There's no need to use a straw.
If it is I've been drinking my polar pop wrong for years 😂😂
Well I've never heard this one before... The shit people come up with. smh
Is this really a thing? I never heard of such nonsense. A straw is a straw wtf
My favourite part of it is when the drink is finished and I'm slurping like a lizard in heat.
unless a guy is drinking a beer with a straw then its fine and not unmanly.
I could see why someone would think that, but no, that has never crossed my mind.
I still drink apple juice with a straw... people who think its gay should die in a mosh pit
Some shots you have to use a straw, like a gasworks shot where you light it on fire and inhale the fumes from it
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