# So what kind of shorts is real man supposed to wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773 "2010-06-03T14:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/81 "2010-06-04T21:00:36Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > If I ever caught myself wearing those, I’d have to kick my own ass. > 😉 I think those were swim trunks. > [@Tahssa](#): > > WTF? $50-$60 for a pair of shorts? Real men don’t pay that shit. Real men don’t need to concern themselves with how much things cost. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/82 "2010-06-06T07:20:08Z")
The ONLY shorts guys should avoid are: Republican golfer shorts (those really tacky shorts that Republicans wear when playing golf) and those shorts that look like Dockers (aka Dad shorts) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/83 "2010-06-06T07:37:05Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I think those were swim trunks. > > Real men don’t need to concern themselves with how much things cost. Last I checked, real man and rich were not remotely synonymous. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/84 "2010-06-06T13:41:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Last I checked, real man and rich were not remotely synonymous. I didn’t say they were “rich”. I said they don’t care how much things cost. > [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > The ONLY shorts guys should avoid are: Republican golfer shorts (those really tacky shorts that Republicans wear when playing golf) and those shorts that look like Dockers (aka Dad shorts) The ones that look like a patchwork quilt of plaid? I think you are referring to “madras” shorts. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/85 "2010-06-06T16:41:13Z")
If you’re going to wear shorts whose legs end closer to the knees than the crotch you really ought to get a striped top and a straw hat to go with it, and grow a handlebar moustache. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/86 "2010-06-06T17:57:29Z")
I wear these: [http://shop.lululemon.com/Cadence\_Short/pd/c/750/np/750/p/2265.html](http://shop.lululemon.com/Cadence_Short/pd/c/750/np/750/p/2265.html) ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/87 "2010-06-06T19:44:24Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I favor plaid bermudas. Plaid? Really? I saw a dude wearing plaid shorts last week and he stuck out like a sore thumb. I had to look and then I had to look away because it hurt my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/88 "2010-06-06T19:50:07Z")
_ahem_ It’s more like, “what kind of man can get away with wearing shorts?” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/89 "2010-06-06T20:19:15Z")
The last time I said this on the SDMB, I got jumped all over and accused of never having been anywhere warm, etc. but my opinion hasn’t changed: I think shorts look stupid on adults of any sex, unless you’re actually working out. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/90 "2010-06-06T20:33:06Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > They’re tiger stripe pattern. Oh my. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/91 "2010-06-07T03:20:52Z")
I don’t personally wear jean short because they seem kind of illogical to me - if I want to be cool by wearing shorts, then I want a lighter fabric than denim. Having said that, I don’t see anything wrong with wearing jean shorts provided they’re not too tight or too short. I can’t imagine thinking anything at all about a guy wearing normal jean shorts and I’m pretty surprised by how against them people here are. Maybe it depends on whereabouts you live? There are lots of summer fashions I find stupid and ugly (those shorts that look like cut-off dockers, girls who wear racerback style tanktops with regular bras), but I pretty much expect to see adult men wearing shorts of some sort - and some of them look pretty damn good doing it! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/92 "2010-06-07T04:19:19Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > … > > Real men wear khakis, cut-off jean shorts, duck pants … > > Stranger Do duck pants echo? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/93 "2010-06-07T05:09:08Z")
[The only manly shorts.](http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/m/mortdelincroyablehulk1990tele/affiche.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/94 "2010-06-07T05:15:30Z")
I don’t know the name of the style, but I wear long shorts with extra pockets above the knee. I also wear high-tech golfing shorts. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/95 "2010-06-07T07:31:58Z")
[These](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDIbBpxoBA&feature=PlayList&p=04EC778F2EFE055A&playnext_from=PL&playnext=3) are real man shorts, being worn in real man situations in the land where real men were invented. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/96 "2010-06-07T08:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > those shorts that look like cut-off dockers, Yeah. Dad shorts. Those things are the fashion equalivant of a Camry ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/97 "2010-06-07T13:10:51Z")
Jorts are an abomination. If you wanna wear short jeans, you cut those suckers off. Heming is not allowed. Jesus Christ, leave the US of A for 25 years and find out that cut offs have gone out of style. I gotta rethink this moving back stuff. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/98 "2010-06-07T13:38:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [The only manly shorts.](http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/m/mortdelincroyablehulk1990tele/affiche.jpg) [correction](http://www.bellezaindia.co.uk/ProdImages/SHO011.jpg) (sfw) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/99 "2010-06-09T01:47:52Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Those of you men that shrug and say “meh, I’ll wear what I want”- yes, that is your right. However, we _will_ be pointing and laughing, and we _will_ be posting your picture on websites so that the rest of the world can join in. Know that. Those of you pointing and laughing, we will be not caring, and ventilating our male specialnesses. Know that, too. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773/100 "2010-06-09T02:36:27Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Those of you pointing and laughing, we will be not caring, and ventilating our male specialnesses. Know that, too. No, you’ll be caring. A man’s most manly thing is his ego. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-kind-of-shorts-is-real-man-supposed-to-wear/541773.md?page=6)