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~ nop ~
Hey, I just bought two pairs, a brown and a grey one, I love them! They fit perfectly!
~ *berniee_boy" ~
i tried on my moms pantyhose once and i hated it
~ me ~
hi i tried on my moms pantyhose and i loved them..its the best feeling in the world..is it right?
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Hello Piter – It is a long story, but a few years ago I was involved with a site called tights-excite.com. I started the blog to support and publicise the website. It sort of grew from there, and developed its own independent existence.
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Hi Geraden. In case you hadn't read, my ActivSkin blog is now up. It's called 'The Nylon Gene' (http://nylongene.blogspot.com). My latest post is a repost of Steve K's old post, and I included a link to your site. -Steve
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I just noticed our blog up in the blog links, thanks!

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Latest Entries

Tights and Asperger's

Sunday, 24 May 2009
In which Geraden raises the possibility of a connection between men wearing tights and autism / Asperger's Syndrome

Malcolm's Photos

Friday, 6 March 2009
In which we see Malcom's tights photo gallery.

Be Yourself - or Else

Wednesday, 25 February 2009
In which Malcolm tells of his rather unfortunate introduction to tights.

Another personal story

Friday, 16 January 2009
A personal story by a contributor. The author tells how his love for hosiery developed.

Fall is in the air

Monday, 3 November 2008
In which Wolford's returns to wearing tights ... and admiring the ladies who wear them!

Thoughts

Saturday, 1 November 2008
In which a reader called Andy gives his thoughts on the subject of men wearing tights

Clear Sheers

Thursday, 18 September 2008
in which a guest writer tells how he envied members of the female sex for their sheer nylon tights, and came to wear them himself

Shelley does it again

Thursday, 28 August 2008
in which Geraden compares two articles on male hosiery written in the same month by the same writer.

Media interest

Thursday, 7 August 2008
in which Geraden remarks on recent media interest in men's legwear.

Andy's story

Thursday, 10 July 2008
Andy's personal story

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Welcome to Geraden's Blog.

 

Men, as well as women,
wear nylon legwear (tights and pantyhose)
for a number of reasons.
Fashion, warmth, comfort, athletic performance, healthy legs
or just because they feel good to wear.

 

This is not a fetish site. There are plenty of those around and you will find them easily enough without my help. There are not all that many 'clean' tights/pantyhose sites, and most of them have links from this site. I have been told - and who am I to disagree? - that this site is a resource which many have found useful.

This site is for the men who wear (or who would like to), and for the womenfolk who refuse to be swayed by myths and prejudices and therefore support, accept and understand their men's clothing choice. It is also for the womenfolk who do none of those things, in the hope that they may come to understand, accept and support.

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Recommended

Legwear4men
A UK retail site run by my friend Bozeman

Legwear4men

This is the place in Europe to get tights that are made for men. Carries the full Activskin range, as well as ranges by European manufacturers, including the new men's range by Gerbe. The customer service is excellent.
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Activskin

The classic, pioneering manufacturer of tights made specially for men. 'These are not your mother's pantyhose!'

Also the US distributor for Gerbe.

Activskin

For US and world-wide customers, this is where to go! Another excellent customer service site.


LAUF

The Delphi Forum: Legwear as Unisex Fashion

LAUF

A good clean forum based in the USA for discussion of male hosiery.

Wikipedia

The Wikipedia article called Pantyhose for Men was started by my friend Harisnya. He kindly asked me to help him with it.


E-Mancipate

Harisnya's great campaigning and resource site for male legwear, e-mancipate.net


Interesting

Political Correctness, the Origins of

Dr Vernon Coleman's thoughts on why men wear

Transactional Analysis - the psychology that makes sense to ordinary people. See also here.

Ladylike - advice for women with cross-dressing partners (Please note - in posting this link I am not suggesting that men are cross-dressers simply because they wear tights.)

Geraden's Champion - Bob Savage / Kim Novak song, based on the original 'Geraden' .


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Latest Entry

Tights and Asperger's

Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:21 A GMT

Geradenby Geraden

 

I have had this piece in draft form for a long time, and I have at last decided to release it. Regular readers will have noticed that I have been much less active on the blog recently than I was, and some may have wondered why.

I am not going into all the details, buy the last two years have been eventful ones in my personal and work life. During that time I have had some surprises, both pleasant and otherwise, and I have learned quite a lot about myself and other people. There may be some connection between that and the topic which I am raising in this article.

Briefly, there is a line of thought that goes something like this:

  1. One of the reasons that people give for wearing tights is simply that they feel comfortable to wear (of course you have to wear tights of the right size and of good quality, otherwise, as women are fond of saying, they are far from comfortable!) Part of the enjoyment of wearing tights comes from the soft, silky feeling of the fabric.
  2. Men wearing tights is not socially acceptable: it can be seen as a form of inappropriate behaviour. Those who indulge in such inappropriate behaviours are concerned with their own gratification rather than respecting the views and wishes of other people, particularly those who are close to them. 
  3. Both of these traits (liking for particular types of fabric and having inappropriate behaviours) are characteristic of autistic persons / persons with Asperger's Syndrome.
  4. So, particularly if one has other reasons to suspect the presence of autism or Asperger's, it is reasonable to account in this way for a man's liking for wearing tights.

I am not saying whether I agree or disagree with any of this, or even how sure I am about it. What I would like is for readers will give their views.  If you have any relevant knowledge, personal or otherwise, please comment!


If you would like to comment on this entry, please click on the 'Comments' link below.

Some articles that I have stumbled across on the Web (most recently posted at the top).

CCHS students sheer winnersA group of Culpeper County High School students wins an enterprise award for designing 'Big Toe Pantyhose' for wearing with thong sandals, and has had the forward thinkingness to include both male and female products. Must read. - Rhonda Simmons, Culpeper (Virginia) Star Exponent, 30.04.2009
Very cool men in tightsQuote: "For years, wearing the clothes of the opposite sex was a one-way street. Girls could wear trousers and shirts but boys couldn't wear dresses, blouses and stockings – not without a lot of funny looks, anyway." with nice pictures from e-mancipate. Article is a bit sloppy (has Harisnya based in London) and a little tongue-in-cheek, but as positive as can be expected - Jo Steele, Metro News, 13.03.2009
In search of pantyhose for men for warmth under jeans Sensible advice given in response to a serious question: well done! - Jean Patteson, The Seattle Times 05.02.2009
Say no to manty hose "Last week at his men's show in Paris, design John Galliano sent men down the runway in sheer, thigh-high pantyhose and garter belts." - Christopher Muther, The Boston Globe 05.02.2009
Tights fit for Balanta another footballer wears tights on the field (with pic). - Bob Hayes, The Sun, 10.01.2009
He's got legs! He knows how to use them! more favourable publicity for Activskin. - Deal Diva Stephanie, tampabay.com, 09.01.2009
‘Mantyhose’: Not your mom’s pantyhose Subtitled 'A growing number of men are proudly sporting body-shaping legwear', this is a positive article, with embedded video (thanks to Justabox for the tip). - Vidya Rao, MSN Today, 07.01.2009
Mantyhose Emerging From the Closet Also mentions 'Activeskin' (Shame it bears the tag 'Dubious Trends'!) - cityfile.com, 07.01.2009
Economic decline no barrier for some Granville entrepreneurs With a special mention of Activskin's pantyhose for men. - Drew Bracken, Granville Sentinel, 17.12.2008
Tights for men - Women have been creeping closer to equality over the decades, but now men are getting their revenge I can't make up my mind about this one, so make of it what you will - Claire Black, The Scotsman, 02.12.2008
Mantyhose - worst idea since sandpaper thong Just as positive as you would expect. (and listed as 'humour') - William Thomas, sachem.ca, 28.11.2008
Beyond manbags: pantyhose for men "Why men should never wear tights" says it all.- Carol Midgley, The Times, 22.11.2008
Remember The Lipstick Index? Well Here Comes The Hoisery Index "surge in panty hose is because in this unsure economic climate people feel the need to look as professional as possible" - Caroline Waxler, The Business Sheet, 11.11.2008
New seamless warp knits from Cifra - Interesting technical article from KnittingIndustry.com, 22.10.2008
Fashion or fetish? Sexy sheer pantyhose for men - by Alison Stephenson, news.co.au, 14.10.2008
Manty-hose: Pantyhose for guys - by Vivian McInerny, in The Oregonian, 01.10.2008
Tights figure as retailer’s latest stocking trade - Interesting: the most requested non-stocked article is ... tights! by Tom Braithwaite, in FT.com, 17.09.2008

 

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