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they won't convey this with a patterned shirt with buttons
orly?
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If you look at the kind of laughably obvious facade of toxic masculinity prevalent in some places in the world, as mocked in Borat for instance, that sort of shadow play spectacular of a shared insecurity over feeling able to embody one's very gender isn't a huge leap away from what we see from the US...
A pathetic lack of metacognition required
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The odd thing about American men's fashion is that when they want to stand out they do it in a jokey childlike way. The wacky Oakleys, the comedy facial hair, the hilarious t shirt. The message is 'I'm different and interesting'. But they won't convey this with a patterned shirt with buttons. That's for effeminate men and Europeans. I took a proper shirt as my only street shirt on tours in the US. Even in a swish bar in San Francisco I stood out as obviously European. A frenchman was relieved when I walked in.