Poll: Men with purses

[zehydra]

I absolutely hate it when people say "should #gender be able to use X".

 

[Flames66]

I'm offended by being called a Nazi!
In all seriousness though, I think men should kind of avoid carrying purses, because they are generally viewed as feminine objects. Just use pockets, or a backpack.

This is the Man Bag that I carry around with me most of the time. Would you define that as a purse?

Spoiler: ManBagliness

Who uses coins anymore?

I pay for everything in cash apart from internet purchases.

 

[Risingblade]

How many coins are you carrying that you need a purse to hold them?

 

[templar1138a]

I don't care one way or another about purses and their relation to manliness. If you want to use one, that's your prerogative, I won't judge. I won't even be inclined to judge.

The only thing I have to say about it is that purses are easier to steal than wallets or loose change. So really, it's a matter of pragmatism.

 

[Loki J]

Who uses coins anymore?

I pay for everything in cash apart from internet purchases.

You, sir, are part of a vanishing breed in an age of widespread electronic currency transactions...

 

[Alcamonic]

I've been thinking of getting a small/medium sized manbag, one who rests on your shoulder and goes across your chest to the waist.

I care little about genderrolles anyway, I always prefer usefulness over stupid ideals.

Edit: Since when is coin purses "none manly" to wear? Who are these redneck people?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Warning: Giant post incoming.

There's a pretty big difference between this kind of bag:

Well, I WOULD save my dog from the whirlpool, so that's the obvious choice for me.

However, slightly off topic, I think men should be able to carry purses if they want to. I mean, how does it affect me? You want a purse? Have at it, man.

Also:

Any arguments against purses/satchels are invalid.

and this kind of bag:

Man

Purse

Pick one.

Why not use a Backpack? Or get a Wallet with a Coin holder? How much change are we talking about here?

Wallets usually have very small coin pouches which I find awkward to use, it also makes it difficult to lose the wallet when there is a lot of change in it; I find it much easier to carry a small pouch for my change.

also, I REALLY don't see why a man can't have a shoulder slung bag...I mean it's just a bag.... slung around your shoulder.... it really doesn't have quality that a rational person would deem unmasculine.

I use a bag over my shoulder like that (looks different), it carries my tablet PC (or netbook), MP3 player and sometimes even my wallet. Never had any issues or strange looks, guess it's considered ok if its for technology lol.

Rule of thumb, if it looks like an oversized laptop case, it's pretty much unisex. If it's small, cute, and/or fitted to your body, it's a purse. At least where I'm from, the former is pretty much a backpack for hipsters (other people can use it without being made fun of, but it's mostly hipsters and, (at least when I was) in high school, goths, emos, and scene kids who actually use them). Personally I'd rather have a backpack; a single strap is insufficient to comfortably fill up a bag that big.

I do wish men could wear purses smaller than that without getting funny looks, though. Purses are damned useful, can hold much more than your pockets can (plus you can double up, having pockets /and/ a purse. Or even triple up with a backpack, if you're so inclined), and you can wear them in places where backpacks really aren't welcome. For example, it's impossible to wear a backpack on public transit past a certain age without looking like a hobo.

Really? "No purses at all (I'm a nazi)"?

Glad you opened this thread with such an open-minded,unbiased view!

In all seriousness...pockets, wallets and laptop bags should give you all the wearable portability you need without exposing you to potential mockery.

Caveat: Sometimes it's all how you wear it. As my wife explained it to me, if you wear it over the shoulder and tucked under the same arm, it's a purse.

If you wear it cross shoulder and hanging by the opposite side, it's a bag.

(So the Zach Galifianakas meme is indeed correct!)

What if it is a bag that simply does not have a long enough strap to wear it cross-shoulder? Because those are universally purses.

Such as that cat-purse thing.

I always wondered what the functional point of a bag is if you need to keep your elbow shoved into it to keep it where it needs to be.

There actually is a function there: it keeps it close to hand at all times, makes it harder for someone to just grab your purse and run without a confrontation.

 

[Roggen Bread]

or are you a nazi?

German born and bred. Also laughing about any man with a purse/hand bag.

 

[lettucethesallad]

Get yourself a bag. Buy a nice leather one. Buy a sparkly plastic one. Get whatever you think is cool. It doesn't matter to anyone worth hanging out with. I don't see how it in any way would affect your masculinity. Hell, the only people likely to complain are people so far into the idea of gender stereotypes that they're scared shitless of anything not 'traditionally male'. Screw that. Do what you want. Wear what you want. If people have a problem with it, then it's their problem and not yours. How is this even an issue, people?

 

[teebeeohh]

Invent watch that opens a pocket dimension
store coins there
profit

their is nothing wrong with using a purse as a man, better than storing your money with your loose tobacco.

 

[Rawne1980]

It's called "being effeminate" for a reason, you know.

I would bow to your god like knowledge if I had indeed said that they make blokes look "girly".

However...

I only said they look "odd" not feminine.

I don't look at a bloke wearing skinny jeans for example and think "you know what, he's really displaying his feminine side in those".... no, not even close. I think "fuck me does that fella look like a muppet".

And what is "effeminate" about baggy pants hanging half way down their arse with boxer shorts pulled up to their nipples?

Don't see many women wearing that.

In fact, it's one of those "fashions" that is usually associated with tossers.

 

[kickyourass]

If you honestly carry so much stuff in your day to day life that you need something like a purse to hold it all then go ahead. For me my pockets are more then enough, but I'm a particularly boring person so maybe it's just me.

Hell even if it's some kind of fashion thing instead of practicality go ahead, I'll likely never understand that particular decision but then I'm about as fashion consious as a dead seal.

 

[OtherSideofSky]

Yes, but other than coin purses (I use a tiny snap on made of specially dyed fabric from a small Japanese mountain town), purses are much less convenient than a small, nice looking (none of these things made for hiking, biking, or concealing a small elephant) shoulder or messenger bag, which can fulfill the same function at the same level of dressiness with a much more comfortable strap.

 

[Blow_Pop]

think wallets pretty much solved all mens problems with carrying ID and money so i dont see the point, what interests me is why women don't carry wallets since they always seem to be losing their shit. seriously fashion start giving women more pockets and less fucking dresses made of meat

Most women don't because wallets made for women aren't quite as functional and women like to match everything and it just doesn't occur to them. Those of us who don't carry those despicable things called purses because we don't need to carry everything and the kitchen sink with us usually have a wallet. Mine is attached to a chain that I hook onto my jeans. Also, if we want to carry wallets and don't want to carry purses we usually have to buy our clothes in the men's departments because the fashion industry finds it funny to give us pockets that we can maybe put a tube of chap stick in. So it's not that the fashion industry needs to give us more pockets, it's more it needs to stop with faux pockets and not functional pockets and give us actual functional pockets. I mean I'm not saying that they should be able to accommodate a paperback book in my back pocket like half my jeans from the boys section but they should at least accommodate a mobile phone of any size and a standard wallet and a pocket knife(oh wait that's right I'm of the small minority of females that carries one of those...shit).

Now, back to the topic at hand. Personally I don't care what someone of any gender decides to carry or wear. I mean I've been wearing men's clothes for over 10 years(because I prefer comfort and functionality over style and having to paint my clothes on my body) so why can't men wear "women's stuff" without being mocked. I feel like the people who do that have sever issues regarding their own sense of self. IF I carry anything it's usually a backpack and it's usually to carry water bottles and books.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

My older brother has what our family fondly refers to as a "man bag": a large-textbook-sized leather purse (that, to be fair, is not girly in any way). I say more power to any guys who want to carry a purse. I find mine quite convenient - I store most everything I ever may need in there, and the eclectic nature of what I carry has come in useful many a time. (Duct tape? I've got it. Graphing calculator? Yep, got it. Pen, pencil, and paper? Guess what... got it.)

 

[Radoh]

No, men shouldn't have purses, because NO ONE should have purses.
All a purse means to me is that this order is now going to take three times longer as rather than having the money/card/check book out and on hand they now need to spend the next thirty seconds to three minutes fishing around amongst assorted stuff looking for it so we can then proceed on through the transaction.
I work in retail, can you tell?

 

[lechat]

Spoiler

think wallets pretty much solved all mens problems with carrying ID and money so i dont see the point, what interests me is why women don't carry wallets since they always seem to be losing their shit. seriously fashion start giving women more pockets and less fucking dresses made of meat

Most women don't because wallets made for women aren't quite as functional and women like to match everything and it just doesn't occur to them. Those of us who don't carry those despicable things called purses because we don't need to carry everything and the kitchen sink with us usually have a wallet. Mine is attached to a chain that I hook onto my jeans. Also, if we want to carry wallets and don't want to carry purses we usually have to buy our clothes in the men's departments because the fashion industry finds it funny to give us pockets that we can maybe put a tube of chap stick in. So it's not that the fashion industry needs to give us more pockets, it's more it needs to stop with faux pockets and not functional pockets and give us actual functional pockets. I mean I'm not saying that they should be able to accommodate a paperback book in my back pocket like half my jeans from the boys section but they should at least accommodate a mobile phone of any size and a standard wallet and a pocket knife(oh wait that's right I'm of the small minority of females that carries one of those...shit).

Now, back to the topic at hand. Personally I don't care what someone of any gender decides to carry or wear. I mean I've been wearing men's clothes for over 10 years(because I prefer comfort and functionality over style and having to paint my clothes on my body) so why can't men wear "women's stuff" without being mocked. I feel like the people who do that have sever issues regarding their own sense of self. IF I carry anything it's usually a backpack and it's usually to carry water bottles and books.

we should get married
we can share the same wardrobe and i'll let you use my pocketknives!!!

 

[OtherSideofSky]

All of you people suggesting wallets clearly don't have many coins to deal with, because any wallet with a coin compartment big enough to hold more than a few is going to be too thick to comfortably fit in most pockets (excluding those of jackets, which are situational or weather-dependent). I've lived in countries where pretty much all day-to-day transactions are carried out in coins, and no wallet would ever have managed to hold the number I needed to have on me every day without getting torn or distorted. Also, carrying a wallet or other similarly-sized item in your pants pockets on a regular basis causes them to distort (and in the case of jeans to fade unevenly to match the outline of the object), which is always unsightly and effectively reduces the wearable lifespan of all your pants. Similarly, using the front pocket of a hooded sweatshirt will cause it to stretch down over time and appear baggier than it should be.

 

[Blow_Pop]

Spoiler

think wallets pretty much solved all mens problems with carrying ID and money so i dont see the point, what interests me is why women don't carry wallets since they always seem to be losing their shit. seriously fashion start giving women more pockets and less fucking dresses made of meat

Most women don't because wallets made for women aren't quite as functional and women like to match everything and it just doesn't occur to them. Those of us who don't carry those despicable things called purses because we don't need to carry everything and the kitchen sink with us usually have a wallet. Mine is attached to a chain that I hook onto my jeans. Also, if we want to carry wallets and don't want to carry purses we usually have to buy our clothes in the men's departments because the fashion industry finds it funny to give us pockets that we can maybe put a tube of chap stick in. So it's not that the fashion industry needs to give us more pockets, it's more it needs to stop with faux pockets and not functional pockets and give us actual functional pockets. I mean I'm not saying that they should be able to accommodate a paperback book in my back pocket like half my jeans from the boys section but they should at least accommodate a mobile phone of any size and a standard wallet and a pocket knife(oh wait that's right I'm of the small minority of females that carries one of those...shit).

Now, back to the topic at hand. Personally I don't care what someone of any gender decides to carry or wear. I mean I've been wearing men's clothes for over 10 years(because I prefer comfort and functionality over style and having to paint my clothes on my body) so why can't men wear "women's stuff" without being mocked. I feel like the people who do that have sever issues regarding their own sense of self. IF I carry anything it's usually a backpack and it's usually to carry water bottles and books.

we should get married
we can share the same wardrobe and i'll let you use my pocketknives!!!

You've obviously never seen my collection of sword, daggers, and pocketknives. (and yes sword is meant to be singular not plural as I only have one at the moment)

Spoiler

even though my hair is doing lord knows what.....i kind of look like a cross dressing beatle hair wise.....I did a photo shoot with my blades the other day..well my swords and daggers.....those plus others are all on my deviantart.

and all my weaponry images are all here:
http://aprilmarie4203.deviantart.com/gallery/41532653
Soon as I find all of my knives I'll do a set with my knives and probably my other corset. or not. not sure yet.

And lovely offer but I'm determined to be single for the rest of my life because dating sucks and blah blah blah. Point being I just want meaningless sex and I'm happy with that as long as I have my friendships.

 

[Lonewolfm16]

I'm quite proud of being a "manly man" and have no shame in being labelled a *nazi* or *sexist* if it means I get to mock blokes walking round with purses.

The same way I mock blokes that wear pink.

So basically if it means you get to mock others, you don't care about the vorracity or sexist implications of your views? That seems... belligerant and stupid.