# Guys carring a purse type bag? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415 "2012-02-01T14:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/21 "2012-02-01T22:31:48Z")
We still haven’t hear from the OP about what “questions” might be asked. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/22 "2012-02-01T22:34:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Some guys just love shouting “It’s not a purse!” It’s a European men’s carry-all! ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/23 "2012-02-02T04:31:54Z")
It probably has a concealed handgun hiding inside. You know those 50+ year old guys with fanny packs? They’ve got guns too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lady\_Within](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@The\_Lady\_Within](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lady_Within)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/24 "2012-02-02T04:55:30Z")
Its my coworker and I dont have any issues with him…just some of the chatter I hear said about him carring a bag. Just had my curiosity up ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/25 "2012-02-02T05:25:43Z")
It’s a satchel. Indiana Jones carries one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Room](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_room/32/5069_2.png) [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/26 "2012-02-02T05:29:25Z")
I carry a small bag so I can have a good camera, some medicines, and other miscellaneous items on hand. I don’t really give a damn that some weird social standard says “Is it bigger than a wallet? Is it smaller than a book bag? Then you DON’T HAVE A PENIS!!! HAHAHA!!! You aren’t a MAN!!” Quite dumb. And yes, I have got some “murse” ribbing. Maybe I do have a murse. But you are the one who has the stupid George Constanza wallet and you never have a camera when there is just the perfect picture to be taken. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/27 "2012-02-02T06:51:10Z")
I’ve never understood why men -don’t- carry purses. They’re just too damn useful. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/28 "2012-02-02T07:28:20Z")
A few months after Littlest Miss was born, my husband saw the light, and went shopping for the manliest bag he could find. It’s camouflage, it’s from the military surplus store, it has a pistol pocket! But I still joke with him about his purse… Truth be told, this was supposed to be his version of a diaper bag, but it has morphed into something that operates pretty much like my own purse: it holds his keys and money clip, pens, gum, telephone, medicine and first aid supplies (a small kit for humans, and another for canines,) plus diapers, wipes, snacks, and spare set of clothes. Plus there’s the pistol pocket, which generally just holds spare ammo, since he carries on his person. A couple of Tony’s colleagues made fun of the purse/Daddy bag at first, but now at least one or two of them have their own - it’s pretty handy to just grab and go instead of rounding up supplies for pockets, diaper bags, etc. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/29 "2012-02-02T07:42:28Z")
Satchel/messenger bag/laptop bag is okay. There are fob asians at the college I work at who wear straight up dainty women’s purses. They aren’t gay, they just don’t care at all about masculinity. I am very queer friendly but I can’t quite put my finger on why straight guys who are so flaming annoys me as much as it does, maybe because they are gaming the system or something. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/30 "2012-02-02T07:54:08Z")
I have a murse, didnt even know they were called that. Ive always wondered why its considered so gender specific as well. ---
**Author:** ![Janetda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@Janetda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janetda)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/31 "2012-02-02T08:08:47Z")
I’d be glad he had a purse. When I was younger, half the time my purse had more of my husband’s stuff in it than mine. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lady\_Within](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@The\_Lady\_Within](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lady_Within)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/32 "2012-02-02T13:53:53Z")
So does anybody think there is a limit to:: COLOR,SIZE,STYLE:D ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/33 "2012-02-02T23:33:39Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > In a similar vein…[Iggy Pop](http://ofcorsetsadrag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/419781_372150842802426_119872344696945_1841673_322119447_n.jpg) is not ashamed to “dress like a woman”, because it isn’t shameful to be a woman. Please post a warning before linking to photos like that. There are some things that you can’t “unsee”. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/34 "2012-02-03T00:19:38Z")
> [@kirk1168](#): > > Please post a warning before linking to photos like that. There are some things that you can’t “unsee”. Um…what part of _Iggy Pop_ and _dressed like a woman_ wasn’t clear? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/35 "2012-02-03T00:26:09Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > The student handbook has all these elaborate rules about what you can and can’t carry. Students can’t use their backpacks, for example, to carry books between classes. Why not? Fear of terrorist attacks? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/36 "2012-02-03T00:26:42Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I’ve never understood why men -don’t- carry purses. They’re just too damn useful. I don’t because I generally dont need much. I have my keys, cigarettes, lighter, phone and wallet. All of which easily fits in my pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/37 "2012-02-03T00:40:28Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I don’t because I generally dont need much. I have my keys, cigarettes, lighter, phone and wallet. All of which easily fits in my pockets. Which gives you bulges in all the wrong places. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/38 "2012-02-03T00:41:21Z")
Only a women would think that ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/39 "2012-02-03T01:04:50Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Which gives you bulges in all the wrong places. Really not that much. I find it easier to have everything on my person and not have worry about remembering to pick up a bag. Although I do carry one when I have more stuff that I need that day, which really isn’t often. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415/40 "2012-02-03T02:21:46Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Why not? Fear of terrorist attacks? Actually, I think it’s an attempt to keep the crowded hallways at class change times from being that much more crowded by the additional volume of a gazillion loaded-to-the-max backpacks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-carring-a-purse-type-bag/611415.md?page=3)