Give me a bloke in a dress over one who runs scared of being ‘unmanly’ | Barbara Ellen

Harry Styles’ Vogue shoot signals a man at ease with himself, not weaknessWhen I saw Harry Styles wearing a dress on the cover of Vogue, I thought: “Sweet, if a tad Bowie-lite.” I was inclined to leave it at that until rightwing commentators erupted. In the US, Trump-supporting Candace Owens opined (I’ll edit for length): “There is no society that can survive without strong men. The east knows this. In the west, the steady feminisation of our men [blah, blah, yak, yak] … is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.” Others were outraged about “feminising masculinity”. Why so rattled by a bloke chilling in skirts? And what’s this guff about wanting men to be “manly” again? Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/21/give-me-a-bloke-in-a-dress-over-one-who-runs-scared-of-being-unmanly #harry_styles #fashion #men