Never underestimate the ability of Men’s Rights Activists to get worked up over the most ridiculous nonsense.
I found the meme above on the Men’s Rights Australia Facebook page, accompanied by this explanation:
Women are allowed to wear whatever they like to work, including sleeveless tops, short skirts, and even thongs. Yet if a man were to wear sleeveless tops, shorts, or thongs you can be sure he’d be sent home from work or even fired. In summer men have to suffer in the heat wearing trousers, long sleeve shirts, and tie. Feminists claim they also care about inequalities facing men so why aren’t they fighting against this? -ms
YEAH FEMINISTS WHY AREN’T YOU FIGHTING AGAINST THIS TERRIBLE INJUSTICE, WOMEN NEVER HAVE TO WEAR ANYTHING UNCOMFORTABLE OR AWKWARD AT WORK 0h wait
Note: I should point out that the “thongs” being referenced aren’t the ones that ride up your butt, but rather are the ones you wear on your feet and that are also called flip flops, at least here in the US.
BONUS MEME: This isn’t a Men’s Rights meme, obviously, but it literally made me laugh out loud.
Apparently the best way to fight communism is to do nothing while the oceans rise. I guess the Communists have their secret bases on the Marshall Islands?
I’m reminded of this legendary toilet paper ad.
A spectre is haunting the bathroom — the spectre of really really scratchy toilet paper.
@Moggie – I had a British friend who kept suppressing a laugh when I brought up leather pants.
“Why are they so funny?”
“I know what you mean, but I can’t stop picturing leather underwear.”
“‘Pants’ means ‘underwear’ to you?”
“Yes.”
No.
http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Zu15IVXXXXX8XpXXq6xXFXXXJ/Mens-Black-font-b-Leather-b-font-font-b-Pants-b-font-font-b-Faux-b.jpg
Separated by a common language, indeed ;p
@Mockingbird
Hahahah! You’d think that’s what it sounds like, but in my experience it sounds more like Sylvester Stallone would after biting his tongue because of a dental anaesthetic.
I talk to a lot of younger blokey men in my job (my work is closely associated with the transport industry. Think truckies). They are capable of annunciating when I tell them I can’t understand them, so my feeling is it’s caused by a combination of laziness and the generalised Australian anti-elite attitude (which leads them to do their best to sound like they’ve had no education whatsoever).
My only experience with this really was in the US Navy, particularly in regards to the dress blue uniform. While a 13 button fly is obnoxious and has ruined plenty of men’s days through the years, the women’s blues are so constrictive some women I served with couldn’t actually move properly in theirs despite them being fitted. Dropped something so need to bend and twist at the same time, lol nope.
At a former workplace of mine there were two men who constantly cranked the AC down to the point that an actual locked cover was installed over the thermostat. They lost no time busting it open. Guess who cried the loudest about how hot it was after the AC broke (as a direct result of them trying to make the system run at such cold temps all the time) during a heat wave?
Meh. He’s talking discomfort – what about high heels?
I have a story. My first day as a teaching assistant, back when I was doing my MA, I wanted to look formal and tall(er than I am), so I wore some black high heels. As it turned out, I also had to buy textbooks that day. They were heavy. Plus, I got off at the wrong bus stop. I was walking for about half an hour in these ridiculous painful shoes, carrying two bags full of books.
NEVER AGAIN. (At least, not when I have to walk long distances.)
Oh, another thought. I have thought it unfair that men’s typical formal wear is more expensive than women’s (you can buy a dress for much less than a suit). Now, I attributed that not to “misandry” but to economics (there are more dresses overall, therefore the price goes down). But if nice suits are so long-lasting that someone could wear the same one every day for a whole year, maybe they’re cheaper in the long run?
“At a former workplace of mine there were two men who constantly cranked the AC down to the point that an actual locked cover was installed over the thermostat. They lost no time busting it open. Guess who cried the loudest about how hot it was after the AC broke (as a direct result of them trying to make the system run at such cold temps all the time) during a heat wave?”
Well, we guys at my workplace are more civil than that. 😀
I have the same discussion at home with my wife during summer, she says that I turn the house into a meat locker. 😀
My general experience is that men tend to be affected by heat more than women, and vice versa with cold.
No need for Notes From A Boner, thanks.
I’m gonna echo what people have said about the air conditioning.
I’m a pretty cold person, and in my experience women tend to be colder than men. So I’ve worked in offices where I’ve been freezing because the men liked the A/C on way high.
Did I complain? No, I put on extra clothes and–if it was available–drank hot tea. Of course, I was still cold–I was just less cold.
Such is the power of my female privilege.
“Oh, another thought. I have thought it unfair that men’s typical formal wear is more expensive than women’s (you can buy a dress for much less than a suit). Now, I attributed that not to “misandry” but to economics (there are more dresses overall, therefore the price goes down). But if nice suits are so long-lasting that someone could wear the same one every day for a whole year, maybe they’re cheaper in the long run?”
You’re absolutely right, and there’s another factor you’re not taking into account, that building a formal wardrobe is way cheaper for a man than it is for a woman.
One winter suit, one summer suit, one mid season suit, five shirts, five ties and two pair of shoes cover virtually any formal business or social scenario.
And yes, men’s formal garb is far more durable than woman (my favorite suit turns thirteen this year), and much less sensitive towards changes in fashions.
On the topic of women’s work clothes: I recently tried to buy navy slacks to match my navy blazer. The store I was at (from which I had purchased the blazer in the first place; they sell a mix of work wear and casual wear) had ONE type of women’s slacks in navy, which were way too tight to wear to work. They said on the tag “our sexiest cut”. They did have full suits available in trendy colors like chambray. Classic standards? Not so much.
In general I am all for men’s clothing options broadening considerably. Y’all do always seem very uncomfortable at summer weddings.
What?! Men wear a suit for a year and no one notices?!
Misandry!
“Normal guys in suits just grin and bear it while enjoying the nice view provided by women’s summer fashion.”
“No need for Notes From A Boner, thanks.”
What’s wrong with respectfully enjoying female beauty?
Also, it’s pretty hard to get a boner on a suit. 😀
@eloli
It’s just icky.
Thanx for stopping.
If you wore the same suit for a year, wouldn’t it get rather smelly?
@eloli
Why did you feel like that was something worth mentioning out of curiosity’s sake?
@Kat:
Please explain to me how it’s icky.
I mean, we’re not leering.
We’re not checking them out.
We’re not cat calling.
We’re not hitting on them.
Please explain me how saying something along the lines of “hey, you look great on that purple dress” to a coworker I’ve been sharing my office with for the last five years is icky.
I work in a pretty gender neutral industry, in a company with pretty strict anti harassment policies, and, as a director in said company, I’m responsible for enforcing said policies.
Now, tell me how an innocent comment about guys enjoying the fact that summer fashion highlight their female coworkers might be construed as icky when there is no disrespectful behavior involved.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/donald-trump-geneva-conventions-221394
“The problem is we have the Geneva Conventions, all sorts of rules and regulations, so the soldiers are afraid to fight,”Trump said at an afternoon town hall during remarks on torture.
This is the tier of evil I expect from a jrpg boss or a Warhammer Chaos champion or some third world dictator. I would say words fail me but this is exactly the reason why Trump will fail in the general election, aside from paper thin skin to criticism and any damage to his brand. This sheer lack of desire for any form of humanity makes him only palatable to the more hateful groups and anyone who does have some form of empathy would start to, if they already haven’t already, to vote for someone else.
@OoglyBoggles:
Is this phrase you’re referring to?
“Normal guys in suits just grin and bear it while enjoying the nice view provided by women’s summer fashion.”
I think it’s pretty self explanatory:
-For most guys, wearing business suits in summer can be very uncomfortable because of the heat.
-That said, women summer fashion is pretty flattering, and if you work in a big office, during the summer you’re literally surrounded by beauty.
-Just having beautiful women around makes normal, well adjusted heterosexual men happy.
-That’s why normal, well adjusted heterosexual men who have to abide by strict dress codes don’t mind the inconvenience because it’s a fair trade off.
If this is the phrase,
“Also, it’s pretty hard to get a boner on a suit.”
Well, because it’s true. 😀
I’m neither a tailor nor a doctor, but I can tell you that despite being using slacker cuts than say jeans, the shot in business or formal pants is normally higher, which normally impairing the flow of blood in that area, making erections difficult. 😀
And this is not misandrist opresion, it’s just my experience.
Maybe I should get a new tailor. 😀
@eloli
I don’t care if you’re the King of the World: Nobody here is interested in your boner.
Kindly stop.
College professor here! The clothes people choose vary from the extremely informal to suit/tie for men, dresses/women’s suit for women. There seem to be norms based on department, whether you are faculty, admin, or secretarial.
The main point of my post though is I do have male colleagues who wear flip-flops and shorts to teach and attend committees or other function. The guys in biology tend to dress in a very informal way. It’s true they don’t go sleeveless but I don’t know many guys who do. Instead, they where t-shirts and polos.
And for the record, there are some women’s flip-flops that are pretty fancy. They aren’t all of the beach-going variety. They are bejeweled and not necessarily in rubber and plastic.
Around here, women are generally regarded as being weak and whiny for always wanting the heat turned up because they’re too vain to wear proper clothes with sleeves like the men do.
I’m sure either way is fine for these guys, as long as they get to criticize women.
@dark statistic, and also those stupid females always wear that thin fabric in layers, god, it’s so annoying /s
Kat, I wasn’t the one who brought boners into the table, it was EmmyRae, btw, and I took that comment as a joke, and went on with it.
Sorry if I offended you.
After all that has been said, I want to add that the three-piece suit (male or female) is an infernal contraption. Unbearably hot in the summer, high-maintenance, expensive and, it must be said, often unflattering. It’s also, if you try to look at the concept from the outside, kinda stupid. The thing with flaps that wants to be a coat, but is open in the front like a morning robe — I don’t know, it really serves no purpose whatsoever. And ties, I don’t know what they are for, except to annoy the wearer.
Every summer, when I end up going to court almost every day, wearing a suit (and pantyhose, and high-heeled shoes), I think: you know what would be really great? Tunics and sandals. Like in Ancient Rome. It would be awesome, if at least lawyers could make that their industry’s special proper attire. Maybe formal togas in the winter.
@eloli: The issue is that you are here bragging about how you ogle your female colleagues. I assume you don’t see it that way, and you don’t think they notice.
It would be one thing if you were appreciating their style, but your comments are clearly referring to their bodies. Gross, unprofessional, and much too common.
“No need for Notes From A Boner” is a jokey way of saying something serious: keep it to yourself.