I was walking around the MSU campus the other day and I saw a guy who was wearing black leather pants. No biker jacket or anything, just leather pants with a button-down shirt and a denim jacket. Well, this got me to thinking: what is it with gay men and leather pants? I don’t have anything against homosexuals (I don’t think it’s “natural” or “normal” but I’m not a gay-basher). I’ve also got no problem with leather (I’ve got a leather bomber jacket and a pair of leather driving gloves, not to mention my belt and dress shoes). But I’ve never, ever, seen a pair of leather pants and thought to myself “Wow! I’d really like some of those.” Could someone explain the appeal of this item of clothing?
(counting down to The Pit…
ten,
nine…)
I really want to hear the logic of “he wears leather pants, so he must be gay”
You’ve mentioned nothing other than he was wearing leather pants and a dress shirt. You assume he’s gay. WHY ??
What on Earth makes you think the guy was gay?
Oh, that’s right…I forgot that straightfolk can tell just by looking at us. :rolleyes:
Are there gay guys who are into leather? Yup. Are there gay guys who are into classic cars? Yup. So what? I think you’re creating a correlation out of thin air.
And by the by, thank you so much for that. I’m sure the Nobel Peace Prize panel will keep you in mind.
Thanks for that letter dripping with sarcsasm, Grither. I am sure you will make many friends that way.
Actually, it seems surprising that you say you had never seen a pair before. Is MSU (apologies - I don’t know what it stands for) a university only attended by tidily dressed people? (Note, that’s not meant to sound sarcastic or anything, although I just realised that it might.) As for the appeal, well, you say you want a pair yourself, so they must appeal to you too.
Me, I love the idea, but apart from having very little money nto buy some, I suspect that it would take a lot of wearing before they became comfortable. (I’d be delighted to learn that I’m wrong about that.)
Why wear leather pant? Well most people wear them (or cheaper vinal alternatives) because they are tight and make your ass look good…so go buy some
They are not as rare as you think.
They are abound in Boston, on men- straight men.
Besides, haven’t you seen the GAP commercial? EVERYBODY IN LEATHER?
C’mon the GAP says we all have to now, and that includes EVERYBODY- Straight men, gay men, hemaphrodites, babies, brain-a-jar sentient beings- EVERYBODY.
Here in New York, everybody has leather pants. And leather skirts and leather jackets and tall leather boots, etc.
It’s called a trend, Diceman, and it’ll hit Michigan in a couple years. Soon you’ll be parading down your university strip feeling great with your bulging package and pressed asscheeks. The swishy sound that your pants make will attract the gazes of hundreds of hot chicks. Your time will come, be patient.
OK, Turp, I can see “straight men, gay men, hemaphrodites and babies” in leather pants. But I just DON’T think that leather pants are a good look for brain-a-jar sentient beings.
Call me a fashionista if you will, but I must put my foot down.
I’m not the first one to tell you this but you can’t tell gays by visual clues. You know a lot more gays and lesbians than you think you do…think about it.
What’s up with straight people & denim jeans?
Frank Sinatra never owned a pair of blue jeans in his life. And those butt-less chaps? He swore that he only borrowed them from Sammy but never tried them on.
“God, why do Americans dress so bad? Do they want to look unattractive so they won’t get raped, or what? When did it start?” -Andy Warhol
While many of you seem upset at Diceman’s post. He never said that the thought that the man he saw wearing black leather pants was gay… he said “…this got me to thinking: what is it with gay men and leather pants?” There’s a difference. I read his question to be about stereotypes. Is there not a stereotype of gay men wearing leather? Probably perpetuated mostly by the Village People. Now, granted that the rest of his post indicates him as a possible homophobe, I don’t really think that he ever expressed an opinion to the leather clothed man’s sexual orientation.
Then again… I could be wrong. Hey, Eddie Murphy wears leather pants! um, maybe we should forget about his little transvestite incident.
I considered getting some leather pants until I saw the price. And I’m straight, too. 8^)
I have a pair of leather pants and I’m not gay, hell you can buy them at Hudson’s now. By Calvin Klein.
Other than looks what is the appeal? Warmth? I don’t imagine they would breathe very well.
“Where’s my eatin’ pants?”
While the OP certainly had Pit potential, it looks like our Teeming Millions have done a pretty good job of rescuing it. Meanwhile, Diceman, a good rule of thumb is that if you feel obliged to put a Pit countdown in the OP, it’s probably in the wrong place to begin with.
Just a little side quibble. If, in any population, a certain event occurs regularly, then it can be considered normal. In any population of human beings, there will undoubtedly be individuals who are attracted to the same sex. This means that homosexuality is a normal occurance in human populations. Whether it is common is immaterial. It is normal, for example, for some people to be born with red hair, even if it is not common. Red hair can be considered normal, then. If your child is born with red hair, your child is normal, i.e. s/he falls within the norm. In the same way, it is “natural” (not sure what you actually mean by that) for some people to be born with red hair, and for some to be born with more interest in their own sex than for the opposite sex. (Yes, yes, I am aware of cultural influences, too. Forget about that for the moment). I know what you were getting at, but in some ways, natural and normal are powerfully judgmental terms (which, of course, you were implying). I’d like to point out that what you really said is that it’s quite natural for some people to be homosexual, but you just don’t like it.