I think I'm finally convinced.....

Hi Smoov

A good post, and a great experience, though if I had been you I would have worn something a bit more than 7 denier at this time of year.

And nobody noticed. That is the thing that is so difficult to convince ourselves about in advance, and so difficult to convince others about. If we can convince all the men who wear tights secretly under trousers to wear openly and confidently, the revolution will have come!

A point about shine – remember that shine always looks greater from an oblique viewing angle than square on. So you see much more shine on your own legs than any one else will. The bright vertical stripe that is so noticeable from a 10° angle will be barely noticeable from 90° or even 45°. If anyone doubts this, try it with a full length mirror and see.

Even darker colours are less noticeable than you think, so long as they are skin-tone colours. You can wear dark brown, and people looking at your legs will think that is your skin colour. No matter if your hands and face are pale pink – the chances are people are not paying sufficient attention to observe both parts of you at the same time and make the connection.

One last point. You and I would probably spot each other in hosiery at 25 yards. We are programmed to look at legs (of either sex) checking for tights. Most people are not. They will not expect to see a man in tights, and most of the time they will not see what they don't expect. We are all pretty lazy at visual processing, wherever we can get away with it!

Do keep us posted about your next outing!

Geraden

'Cognitive Dissonance' - is the psychological term that gives explanation on how we dismiss events we witness that do not conform to exisiting beliefs. For example, if someone saw a man wearing what they thought were tights they might dismiss what they have seen (perhaps a trick of the mind, they might think) because subconciously the fact that a man might be wearing tights does not conform with their life experience. So, if someone sees you wearing tights, they are likely to discount that information, either by ignoring it, misinterpreting it, or denying it. This is more likely if you are wearing 'stealthy' tights rather than darker colours.

Thanks for the info on cognitive dissonance, Jamod. It is of course what I was trying to say. I guess there is a threshold above which the dissonance becomes so great that notwithstanding what is expected, the actual perception comes to our conscious attention!

A man wearing bright red or blue opaques would probably be noticed by a much higher percentage of people than a man wearing tan or even brown ones. But I have heard of experiments that have shown that even quite blatant things can go largely unnoticed.

Geraden

I had an experience similar to that when I wore similar nude tights, they were sheers and even though I wore them on the way into work via bus - I work nights - feeling pretty comfortable, when I was walking down the corridor to the office, I looked down and thought they looked a little too shiny. I suppose I panicked and rushed to the bathroom to remove them. Cowardly, I know, but the taupe hose I wore at work for three days were less obvious because they weren't as shiny and, though a much darker color, they blended in with my tanned legs.