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~ Andy M ~
Still epilating - have lovely smooth legs, and it gets easier everytime. Just remember to exfoliate and moisturise...
~ vigrx ~
It sounds like you're creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.
~ Martin ~
I got bad red rash which is chafing for years and I have to wear tights to keep protect that why it need to cover my skin -- i have lots of red rash and marks mainly legs so wear tights would help to heal and stay protect
~ LUV Tights ~
Regularly shave legs but now bought rio laser to help reduce the process. Anybody else find this useful? I'm finding still shaving but legs alot smoother
~ melanie ~
Your tights look terrible you cry baby
~ KeithSM ~
Steve Newmans NylonGene site is quiet of late...
~ denier ~
We need to consider what to wear with tights. pedal pushers and 40 dennier tights or plus fours and 100 dennier for starter, then move things on.
~ Martin ~
It still allow in the UK to wear anything - no illegal, maybe depend on country, I was wear tights and denim mini skirt that seem to be allow in public Ive wearing many time as cops passing me without stop or ask anything
~ Doug ~
In the US it's illegal to be dressed indecently, but not illegal to crossdress. Also, where would you draw the line? Some people might claim that all the boys wearing girls skinny jeans are crossdressing.
~ Rod ~
is it legal to crossdress when outside as a female

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Latest Entries

A Christian Perspective

Monday, 14 December 2009
In which Andy gives some thought from a Christian perspective on the topic of men wearing tights

Half Century

Wednesday, 9 December 2009
In which Geraden celebrates the 50th anniversary of pantyhose

Corey's story

Friday, 20 November 2009
In which Corey tells why he wears tights / pantyhose regularly for leg pains

Men wearing tights - the objections - III

Monday, 16 November 2009
The last part of Geraden's enquiry into the objections to (men) wearing tights.

More on leg pains

Wednesday, 21 October 2009
In which Geraden tells about his leg pain problems and how tights helped.

Changing Reasons III

Friday, 16 October 2009
In which TightsVirus concludes his personal story.

Changing Reasons II

Thursday, 24 September 2009
In which TightsVirus continues his personal story. Second of a series.

Changing Reasons I

Friday, 11 September 2009
In which TightsVirus sets the scene for his personal story. First of a series.

Men wearing tights - the objections - IV

Wednesday, 12 August 2009
In which Geraden responds to an enquiry and picks up an old thread.

Stealth or ... ?

Wednesday, 22 July 2009
In which Geraden contrasts the results of a poll on this blog with advice from a sympathetic female writer

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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.

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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 Chan. He kindly asked me to help him with it.

E-Mancipate

Chan Kraemer'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

A Christian Perspective

Monday, 14 December 2009 12:59 P GMT

by Andy 

 

A correspondent whom I will call Andy asked me for the links to Roadrunner’s Open Letters ‘To the wives and girlfriends of men who wear Pantyhose’. These I was happy to give him, and this was the response that he sent me by e-mail. It fits well with the series Men wearing tights - the objections. Andy wishes me to emphasise that what he writes are just his opinions!

Geraden, thanks so much; That was the fastest response to a request I have ever had, and you can't know how much I appreciate it and I thank you greatly. I do not now wear any of these articles, but these were the very best letters I have ever seen on the topic, and I wanted to see them again to explore my roots.

I also have just joined a church and have asked about what exactly this is in terms of the church and have got the following answers:

1) If worn without any sexual connotations, it is meaningless to Christians because the prohibitions in Deuteronomy are the Jewish bible (the Torah) to start with and not Christian doctrine, including the ten commandments even. For example, if you think about it, if we as Christians interpreted the ten commandments literally, every Christian would eventually be killed: because as soon as one person committed adultery, for example, that person would have to be stoned to death, then the person or people who stoned them to death would, in turn, have to be stoned to death for murder, and so on and on, until only one Christian would be left, who would have to commit suicide in order to satisfy the ten commandments.

Furthermore, note that the prohibition in Deuteronomy mentions women first - this is because in Jericho they were worshipping pagan gods in the form of women wearing armor and carrying weapons - if this were applied literally today, woman wearing pants (which virtually every women now does) or men's boxer shorts, which are in all sorts of television commercials, would be committing an abomination against God, which is ridiculous. The prohibition for men, had to do with men in Jericho prostituting themselves in the pagan temples and wearing veils, which were at the time the only distinctive item of women's clothing. Therefore, once again, not only does this not apply to Christians, even Jews themselves do not follow the Torah literally.

It is very unfortunate that the NIV study bible includes everything but the kitchen sink under this tiny passage and is actually wrong, as well as completely ignoring it's application to woman - which was the primary spirit of this Jewish law;

2) If worn with sexual connotations, then it is classified, according to the many Priests I have talked to as simply tantamount to fornication, which includes self gratification. It is not idolatry, since it does not meet the conditions of that - no one that I have ever heard of in this community is praying to the article of clothing or taking moral direction from it, which is the definition of idolatry. However, while the sin committed is simple fornication, it does have psychiatric meaning and is classified in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual as a "Transvestic Fetishism." Now, if a Christian is worried about it, they should see a psychiatrist and then deal with the self-gratification separately with their Priest or Minister. For example, the Presbyterian church has no prohibition against self gratification whatsoever, in fact they say it is actually good, because it prevents pre-marital sex and Aids. Therefore, a Presbyterian would not have any problem under this section aside from the ridicule and potential hatred, do to current societal norms - this however, is not an issue with God, but one with society.

I am too young to remember, but I have been told that at one point not too long ago, women wearing pants were ridiculed and accused of being lesbians. The same thing is now happening with men, and judging by the number of stores now catering to this market, eventually no one will care.

So the issue is not Deuteronomy nor Idolatry, but rather what your Christian denomination says about fornication vis-a-vis masturbation.

Anyway Geraden, thank you for your excellent blog, even though that period of my life is over, I wrote about my struggle with it is the past, just to clarify to you how I figured out the Christian connotations of this issue. If you feel what I have written has any merit or could help other Christians struggling with this issue, I offer this short write up to you with full editorial discretion on your part.

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Articles

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

Mantyhose - in Defense of Men in Tights Positive article by a male journalist, also a reference to new Unisex range by Emilio Cavallini - Victor Fiorillo, phillymag.com, 20.01.2010
Mantyhose trend in China is growing from small beginnings Picks up and reflects on the Global Times article. - Steve Newman, examiner.com, 16.12.2009
Sheer Ridiculousness? A quite positive article which belies its title: detailing how the male hosiery movemnent is beginning to take off in China. - Joanna Wong , China's Global Times, 15.12.2009
Hold on tights A sneering article showing that tights for men clearly have a long way to go in some parts of the world. - Oliver Roberts, South Africa Times Live, 08.11.2009
Invista launches Lycra Fusion fibre at Verona legwear event News of a revolutionary fibre that prevents ladders (runs) in hosiery. - knittingindustry.com, 13.10.2009
Defending the Mantyhose A half-hearted retractation. - Greg Janda, NBC, 15.10.2009
Horrors of Fashion: Mantyhose The title says it all. - Greg Janda, NBC, 14.10.2009
What sort of man wears mantyhose? From the BBC, one would surely expect an unbiased report (not). With video clip. - Mario Cacciottolo, BBC News, 29.09.2009
Real men don't wear mantyhose Another male reporter feels insecure when he wears the new Selfridges tights for men in public. 2009
Men in tights are an abomination A male reporter seems fascinated but at the same time repelled by the growing trend. Does the biblical language of the title reveal guilt or just insecurity? - Christopher Howse, Telegraph, 25.09.2009
Tights for men! But would you let your boyfriend wear these? A national newspaper takes up the Selfridges man's tights story. (If your girlfriend answers 'no' to that question, maybe you need a new girlfriend!) - Liz Thomas, Daily Mail, 24.09.2009
Will chaps warm to the Mantyhose? In response to great demand, Selfridges introduces a range of tights for men - Sri Carmichael, London Evening Standard 24.09.2009
Panty Hose a discussion thread - recollections of the introduction of pantyhose. - amctv.com 07.09.2009
Saturday night is alright for tights Second article by Abby on the men in tights theme. - Abby Waters, West Palm Beach Examiner, 27.08.2009
Mantyhose: would you wear them? Unsympathetic article, with an interesting series of comments by and in answer to a female opponent of men's hosiery. - Patrick Lagreid, Seattle Examiner, 01.09.2009
C'mon show support: Men in tights Positive article - Abby Waters, West Palm Beach Examiner, 24.08.2009
Pantyhose pulling powerHosiery in NZ is staging a comeback, which surprises this reporter - Kim Knight, Sunday Star Times (NZ), 26.07.2009
Are we ready for mantyhose? Another fashion columnist stumbles on e-mancipate.net and does not quite know what to make of it. (With comments, including a good one by Steve Newman of Activskin). - Debra Bass, St Louis Post Dispatch, 28.07.2009
Pantyhose pulling powerHosiery in NZ is staging a comeback, which surprises this reporter - Kim Knight, Sunday Star Times (NZ), 26.07.2009
CCHS students sheer winners A 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

 

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