# How come I have never seen.....and pink shirts on guys. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585 "2005-05-26T12:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/41 "2005-05-26T16:57:02Z")
Any guy that does his own laundry is eventually going to own a pink shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/42 "2005-05-26T16:57:41Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’m pretty sure that 25 or more years ago, guys were less worried about ‘looking gay’ and a guy on the back seat would have been more likely to hang on to the driver. Nope, that’s about how long ago since I rode behind a guy on a motorcycle. I held on to the base of the seat. The thought of putting my arms around a guy felt… strange. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/43 "2005-05-26T17:18:32Z")
A few years ago our local TV critic attended some big function thrown by CBS and reported that Bob Schieffer must have been either very secure in his position or close to retirement because he wore a pink shirt. And yes, I’ve seen two guys on a motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/44 "2005-05-26T17:21:44Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Any guy that does his own laundry is eventually going to own a pink shirt. Funny, and true. That’s why the wife does the laundry now. 'Cept somehow she still manages a bleach stain every here and there. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/45 "2005-05-26T17:32:54Z")
Uh, pink for girls and blue for guys is actually a modern convention. In the early 20th century and just prior, IIRC, pink was the manly color. Anyway, I’ve always worn pink, even though it is just now becoming popular. In fact, I’m wearing pink now. For that matter, I wear every color, shade, or luster I feel like, simply because, as stated above, “fuck fashion.” I’ll start my own trends and let the world be damned. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/46 "2005-05-26T17:38:53Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > It’s a color that looks good on me, as does wine and burgundy. Perhaps you have a hole in your chin? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/47 "2005-05-26T18:56:00Z")
Is a bleach stain really a stain or more a _lack_ of stain? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/48 "2005-05-26T18:59:13Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I do most of the housework and cooking in our household—it’s hard enough with just two of us. I don’t need anyone else to clean up after or to cook for. Excuse me, I am tired, but how is this pertinent to any of the thread? Just askin’ And **pinkmarabou** yumm and rowrr back atcha–me loves a trim fella in pink. (my hsuband says that even pale green is gay… :rolleyes: ). **plnnr** I think he must! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/49 "2005-05-26T19:00:47Z")
Don’t blame me for not knowing pink was a manly color, here in the Milwaukee area I will frequently see black socks with shorts and even worse yet, old guys wearing black socks with very pasty white skin, shorts and _sandals_. One should not wear socks with sandals, especially black socks…right? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/50 "2005-05-26T19:04:05Z")
Originally Posted by LouisB; I do most of the housework and cooking in our household—it’s hard enough with just two of us. I don’t need anyone else to clean up after or to cook for. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > Excuse me, I am tired, but how is this pertinent to any of the thread? If there were more than one _other_ person (like in the OP when I was thinking it would be nice to have a second wife with an income) besides the primary SO then he would have to clean up after two other people instead of just the one. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/51 "2005-05-26T19:11:35Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Originally Posted by LouisB; > I do most of the housework and cooking in our household—it’s hard enough with just two of us. I don’t need anyone else to clean up after or to cook for. > > If there were more than one _other_ person (like in the OP when I was thinking it would be nice to have a second wife with an income) besides the primary SO then he would have to clean up after two other people instead of just the one. That’s it exactly. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/52 "2005-05-26T20:29:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Given your username, I can’t help but think you might be biased. :dubious: So I like pink, and yes I am biased. But it still looks great on a man and does NOT diminish his “manliness” in my eyes at all. It looks good, so wear it (and send me pictures!). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/53 "2005-05-26T20:55:11Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Pre-coffee post, and first post of the day. > > Pink shirts seemed to be very popular in the mid-to-late-'80s in L.A. From a couple of the posts I skimmed, it seems as if they’re coming back? They look dated to me. Yep, they’re back. I can’t go to the mall without seeing PINK! shirts on men everywhere. IIRC, during the Victorian era pink was considered a more “male” color, as it was a watered down version of red. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/54 "2005-05-26T21:35:34Z")
(and have sexual relationships) ? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/55 "2005-05-26T22:28:16Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > (and have sexual relationships) ? :eek: I don’t ask for details - I don’t know who’s sleeping with whom. Know how you don’t want to contemplate your parents having sex? Multiply that by four for me, thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/56 "2005-05-26T23:37:08Z")
[Some guys look](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/bob01.jpg) [really sexy in pink.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/018ewancannes.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/57 "2005-05-26T23:54:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [Some guys look](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/bob01.jpg) [really sexy in pink.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/018ewancannes.jpg) I disagree, to some extent. I can’t stand guys with long hair, so the first one’s right out. I like pink shirts, as long as they’re a certain kind of pink. I’m fairly pink-skinned, so bright pink makes me light up like a jack-o-lantern. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/58 "2005-05-27T00:30:03Z")
Right now, I’m wearing a pink shirt, purple tie, and charcoal two button suit. I’ve had this pink shirt for roughly six or eight months, and wear it about once every ten days or so. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/59 "2005-05-27T01:16:19Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > I disagree, to some extent. I can’t stand guys with long hair, so the first one’s right out psst…they’re the same guy, several years apart. But yes, I think he looks yummier in the second one. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585/60 "2005-05-27T04:06:57Z")
Well, we can assume it’s because Ewan McGregor does nothing for me in general. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-have-never-seen-and-pink-shirts-on-guys/305585.md?page=4)