# Lingerie for Men: yay or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176 "2013-04-20T00:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/21 "2013-04-20T08:15:44Z")
Whatever makes her rub my rhubarb. 😛 Personally I think I’d look much better in men’s lingerie than women’s lingerie for men, though. Silk boxers are good. They feel great on the skin. I’d feel sexy in that. ---
**Author:** ![Collaborator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Collaborator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Collaborator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/22 "2013-04-20T09:34:13Z")
As if today’s men were already not girly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/23 "2013-04-20T09:36:17Z")
And so does your girl dress up like a construction worker or policeman? Could make for an interesting night. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/24 "2013-04-20T09:40:08Z")
> [@Collaborator](#): > > As if today’s men were already not girly enough. Oh good I’m glad it only took 21 responses before we got something like this. I mean, seriously. Men today are just terrible aren’t they? Why can’t they all be like the 250 lb. emotionless, hairy and muscular lumberjacks of yore? ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/25 "2013-04-20T09:43:44Z")
We can’t all be bears, you know. Hair does not grow on my back, and frankly, I prefer it that way. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/26 "2013-04-20T09:53:49Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > [This is lingerie for men.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/221171793969?hlp=false&var=) 
 I’m sorry, what were we talking about again? 😃 No, seriously, this is men’s lingerie. Calvin Klein, some of them, are men’s lingerie (some of them are just overpriced underwear. Yes, there’s a difference.) It has nothing to do with being “girly” or “feminine”, it’s that the stuff in the link of the OP just isn’t flattering to a man’s shape. Not even a fit man’s shape. He certainly doesn’t need a bra, or a sweetheart or v-neckline meant to accentuate breasts. And that split crotch panty? Clearly not split in an anatomically relevant place for a man! The stuff in the OP is meant to be provocative in the fashion industry sense of the term - getting people to talk about your awesome creative vision and thinking outside the closet and click on your website and tell their friends. It ain’t provocative in sexy funtime terms. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/27 "2013-04-20T11:55:49Z")
I think it’s really punchy. In the facey. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/28 "2013-04-20T11:57:36Z")
The title of that article should have been “six impossible things before breakfast” and then included 6 photos of the men in that ghastly lingerie. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/29 "2013-04-20T12:08:01Z")
“Six implausible things before bringing up your breakfast” I think, **drewto99**. Or “Sex? Impossible! Things before breakfast.” ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/30 "2013-04-20T13:08:37Z")
I’m not opposed to the theoretical idea of “lingerie for men” but as others have said, frilly things made in men’s sizes just isn’t doing it for me. I have to think, if those things are for real, that they’re aimed at the cross-dressing market. And that’s fine and dandy, just not my thing. I was sure the OP was talking about this thing, which is also not entirely safe for work
 Behold the “[String LatĂ©ral Flash Bleu Alter](http://www.elvisduran.com/pages/whatwetalkedabout.html?feed=136656&article=11193610).” ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/31 "2013-04-20T14:39:52Z")
> [@Collaborator](#): > > As if today’s men were already not girly enough. Let’s ease up on these kinds of comments. They don’t add anything to the topic other than seemingly trying to get a reaction. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Made_French_Toast_For_You)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/32 "2013-04-20T15:09:10Z")
I must admit I was not expecting such a negative reaction. And now I’m very confused between the difference between “underwear” and “lingerie”. All the links posted so far (except maybe that last one – wow) are underwear: boring briefs, sometimes with a boring sleeveless robe. I thought lingerie was supposed to be playful, fun, and decadent? Again, I wouldn’t buy the lacy lingerie in the OP unless my partner suggested it. But I find the nonchalant swapping of gender norms in its ads to be charming, and I’m willing to try anything once. (Also, I checked the “homme mystere” website, and they do sell slightly more manly/vanilla lingerie. The whole thing seems legit to me!) ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/33 "2013-04-20T15:41:34Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Oh god, no. That isn’t lingerie for men, it is women’s lingerie worn by dudes. A product for men shouldn’t have cups for breasts or be covered in little hearts or be bright pink. Lingerie for men could be an interesting idea but that is not what this is. [This is lingerie for men.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/221171793969?hlp=false&var=) > [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Agreed. I’m not opposed to the idea of sexy undergarments for dudes, but it needs to be manly-sexy. Two things I don’t typically bother posting: +1 and Great User Name/Thread Title combo. Seriously, my understanding is that the point of lingerie is to make the wearer feel sexy as well as look sexy. It’s not a huge sample but I can’t imagine any of the men I’ve slept with (all pretty in tough with their feminine sides) feeling anything but awkward and self-conscious in the items linked in the OP. If men in ladies’ lingerie turns you on, then those garments are great. When I read “lingerie for men” I thought it was going to be more along the lines of “men should have silky impractical things to wear for sexy time, too” which I support. But not, as posted above, with cups and bows and lacy edges. (unless that’s your thing, but again that to me is ladies’ wear sized for men and that’s a different category. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/34 "2013-04-20T15:48:44Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Oh god, no. That isn’t lingerie for men, it is women’s lingerie worn by dudes. A product for men shouldn’t have cups for breasts or be covered in little hearts or be bright pink. Lingerie for men could be an interesting idea but that is not what this is. [This is lingerie for men.](http://www.ebay.com/itm/221171793969?hlp=false&var=) Yes, this. Those hooded robes are strangely appealing
 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/35 "2013-04-20T16:11:16Z")
I actually really want one of those thin silky hooded robes and matching pair of briefs!!! Those are damn hot
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**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/36 "2013-04-20T16:19:46Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > > [@drewtwo99](#): > > > > > [@Collaborator](#): > > > > > > As if today’s men were already not girly enough. > > > > Oh good I’m glad it only took 21 responses before we got something like this. > > > > I mean, seriously. Men today are just terrible aren’t they? Why can’t they all be like the 250 lb. emotionless, hairy and muscular lumberjacks of yore? > > Let’s ease up on these kinds of comments. They don’t add anything to the topic other than seemingly trying to get a reaction. Agreed. I am tired of this expectation that men always have to be these emotionless bodybuilders. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/37 "2013-04-20T16:50:24Z")
I, for one, am not tired of the expectation that men not be emotionless bodybuilders in frilly underwear with little fucking polka dots. Regards, Shodan, Emotional Bodybuilder in Underwear from Wal-Mart ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/38 "2013-04-20T17:15:25Z")
I would not wear them in a box, I would not wear them with a fox, I would not wear them to a fair, I would not such underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/39 "2013-04-20T18:57:00Z")
My wife’s lingerie fits me well enough, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176/40 "2013-04-20T19:12:39Z")
I’m a man and I’m not into it. And I also think it’s a joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-for-men-yay-or-nay/656176.md?page=3)