Yes. I think they look good on me, and other people tell me they do, too. But I don't have a fixed smile, and I'm probably the most honest person I know. Maybe I'm an anomaly, though. One reason that a man might make a point to wear a pink shirt is that he thinks it is a statement about the confidence he has in his own masculinity. This is usually the response that I've heard when other pink-shirt-wearers have been gibed about it. Maybe that means the person is generally arrogant, declaring to you "look how much of a man I am." In fact, this quality is not completely absent in me, and may be even stronger in the depth of my subconsciousness. Somewhere on Barbelith, I advocated being manly (as I defined it) and I don't think it was received very well. Haus seemed to think it was incredibly sexist and that it implied that women were weak, dishonest and so on. I can't find the thread, but it may be an indication that I have these characteristics that often support an arrogance that tends to make people like me think we can manipulate others with fake smiles and clever lies. |