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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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range by Gerbe. The customer service is excellent. Activskin The classic, pioneering manufacturer of tights made specially for men. 'These are not your mother's pantyhose!' Also the US distributor for Gerbe.For US and world-wide customers, this is where to go! Another excellent customer service site. LAUF The Delphi Forum: Legwear as Unisex Fashion A good clean forum based in the USA for discussion of male hosiery. |
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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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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
'Older' articles are archived here.

