Comments on: Who Wears Short Shorts?

By: Jess - NYU

Jess - NYU — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:13:59 +0000

reminds me of my elementary school gym teacher…NOT GOOD

By: jean

jean — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:08:51 +0000

What’s wrong with men wearing short shorts…. I am 150lbs with beautiful biker legs. Why is it ok for a women to show her legs but not for a man? Do agree, that legs should be shaved but other than that nothing wrong…. It is funny how women have been able to gain a complete fashion freedom thru the years, but men have been going backward with very rigid rules. It is time for men to regain their fashion freedom!

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:42:02 +0000

i see no problem with shorts that are above the knee. actually, living in a country like australia (or any other warmer clime), i am incredibly grateful that fashion in shorts is now above the knee - i.e. much cooler! and i don’t understand why it is appropriate for women to wear shorts that reveal almost everything, but inapproproate for men to wear shorter shorts.

granted, they aren’t really amenable to being dressed up as more formal wear, but as for casual, and smart casual in warmer climates, shorts above the knee are fine with me!

By: Timi

Timi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:50:04 +0000

Short shorts are fine, provided that the guy wearing them shaves his legs regularly

By: jake

jake — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:58:56 +0000

I think that men have been scared away from short shorts and its been made politically incorrect for them to wear. But speaking on my behalf I wish men could have as much fashion freedom as women. And I would like, some day, to be able wear short shorts in public.

By: vaden

vaden — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:59:52 +0000

Move to San Fransisco Jake. You can wear any shorts you want and act any way you please.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:33:58 +0000

note to Timi:I wear the short shorts all the time.I had my legs lasered.Would you like a pic of them?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:30:22 +0000

I am accustomed to wearing shorts that have an inseam of no longer than three inches. Where I grew up that was the norm. So were mens bikini bathing suits. I have also grown accustomed to seeing women in shorts/bathing suits that do not shave their legs. So, I really don’t understand what you folks are so hung up on. BTW, I have never shaved my super hairy legs! Also, I grew up in the really south part of Miami.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:36:40 +0000

when I was younger mens/boys shorts had inseams form 5 to 6 inches and pants that went to the knee were called capis and reserved for women, today mens shorts are knee lenght baggy “capris” and in my opinion to long and to hot in the summer this year I am cutting of my old jeans to about 5 or so inches maby less.

By: Daniel Sebold

Daniel Sebold — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:40:46 +0000

Back in the seventies there were a few males, like myself, who wore bum high, crotch high cutoff shorts just like women were wearing. I think it was a logical reaction to feminism as well as part of the anti war movement, and an attempt to say that men should have the same social freedoms that women have. Unfortunately most women, despite their vaunted beliefs in equality, were quite offended by beauty boys showing off their thighs in public, be it in hot pants or flowery speedoes, so now, despite all the equal rights talk over the past forty years, men are back to being straight-jacketed into a rigid sex role–below the knee shorts, below the knee swimming suits, and any male who tries to violate that role is subjected to derision,gay bashing, sexist bullying, and sometimes even arrest from the police state. Perhaps the right wing needed to reprogram young males to a more rigid sex role so that they would be more willing to fight imminent wars. Hip hop has served the police state quite well. Once again men are stupidly doing the bulk of dying in war, only this time there is no anti war movement–no feminists saying, “Hey, look at what monsters men have become.”.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:52:48 +0000

I am from the 60’s & 70’s era and I like shorts that are 3″ to 3 1/2″ inseam.What they are wearing today (men & boys) are just long pants that are to short.The reason most people wear shorts is to stay cooler.The more skin out ,the cooler you stay.Good rule of thumb “let your arms hang down straight and at the end of the fingers cut the shorts)In most cases it will be 3′ to 4′ inseam.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:55:51 +0000

First,a 3″ or longer is NOT a short short. It is dumb & stupid that men are told by the “fashion police” and others that they have to wear those baggy,sloppy looking oversize cargo shorts. I live in Florida so during the tropical summer so called “short shorts” are the only way to be comfy outdoors. If it bothers you stop staring !

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:02:11 +0000

I’m sick of those cargo baggies. They’re vile to use on the playing field and ghastly when swimming- flapping about. Short shorts are not only inherently logical but much pleasanter in use. However the fashion industry regards male thighs a as a faux pas- very wrong thankyou v much.This doesn’t apply to female fashion.The predominant view is extraordinarily sexist and time that people lightened up. If it’s an issue of sex appeal then short shorts can also be sexy on men too; it’s just about application and overcoming prejudice and narrow mindedness.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:21:45 +0000

I agree. When I was a kid/adolescent in the 80’s, men and women both wore shorts that were 3-4 inch inseams. It could be a “carry-over” from the 70’s or what not, but I CLEARLY remember those shorts on guys ALL OVER THE PLACE! Not just on guys that had a nice body, no, guys with beer guts, thin guys, etc. I agree that shorts with a 3″ inseam or longer are NOT short-shorts, they are just shorts, so QUIT CALLING THEM SHORT-SHORTS!!! To me short-shorts are the “hot pants” style that have about a 1″ inseam or less! Look at most women’s shorts, they have about a 3-4 inch inseam. Quite a few of those women would argue that they’re just shorts, not short-shorts.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:09:55 +0000

It’s really too bad I live in a place where it’s winter all the time. I’d love to see some of the guys in my area wear these…

Just as long as the shorts stay south of Lt. Dangle.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:04:34 +0000

I’m a 23 year old straight male. I love wearing short shorts (2″ or less inseam). I have a bubble butt and tanned, smooth, and muscular legs, which I love showing off. I get compliments all the time from men and women. I have a girlfriend and she likes grabbing my butt when I wear these shorts. They’re also very practical for running and other physical activities.

By: Michal Augustyniak

Michal Augustyniak — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:37:14 +0000

AHAHAHAH! Wearing shorts is considered political. OMFG! See what happens when you let feminists run rampant! Just wear the fucking things!

By: speedoboyz

speedoboyz — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:14:35 +0000

I don’t consider shorts that are 2″ or longer to be “short shorts”. They’re just shorts. I think if a guy looks good, he should wear shorts that are truly shorts, not some baggy short cargo pants.

Does anyone know where to buy these Prada (or other good quality) shorts? I would like to get some. Because if we don’t support the trend by pulling out our wallets, it will probably go away.

I still remember the 80’s fondly, when all of the hot guys were wearing 2″ cotton Adidas shorts!

By: JAS

JAS — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:45:22 +0000

I had just bought a pair of “dressy” shorts, actually 4″ inseam, I wore them once and folks stared at me, or maybe it was me feeling like they were, I am not sure, but I did feel awkward. I keep my legs shaved, I think the shorts look better on hairless legs. But living in upstate NY I guess is not the place to wear them…back to the fugly baggy long ones. I really think short down to knees are really not shorts mid thigh are what I call shorts.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:29:05 +0000

I’m a straight guy who remembers the eighties. I’m not sure I want to wear 2″ inseam tight shorts in public, but I am looking for shorter — 5-6″ inseam — shorts because I’m sick and tired of the “little boy-baggy-down-to-your-calves” look which is propagated by are increasingly obese population who like to hide underneath the “baggy look.” Yo, I’m not down with urban chique no mo’, you feel me?”

I’m short, slender, and though not a stud by any means, somewhat athletic. I’m moving towards clothes with more fit because I look better in them, and I’m proud of the fact that at 40+ I still sport a waist — a rarity nowadays.

Besides shorts, I think men’s swim suits, the board shorts, are way too long. I don’t want to drag so much fabric when I swim, nor do I want to cover so much skin when the point is to be in the sun. I’m not a knarly surfer or rad skateboarder and don’t want to dress like one.

By: KAF

KAF — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:37:53 +0000

I love to wear shorts and I love to see men wearing shorts. I like showing off my legs and I like tanning my legs. I wear shorts as much as possible, only problem is I do not have a job wear I can wear shorts. If I had my way, it would be a law for men to be in shorts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:14:34 +0000

It’s so bizarre when people say non-baggy shorts look gay. Do you think straight guys design fashions? Who do you think decreed back in the 90s that from now on only calf-length, super-baggy anti-shorts would be the style?

Seems to me young women who think bloomers on men are sexy have been spending way too much time reading fashion mags and not near enough time looking at real men.

Thigh-length shorts and swimming trunks for men aren’t just a 70s or 80s thing. From the 1920s on, men’s shorts were just… shorts. Practical, comfortable, and (incidentally) sexy. Look at Sean Connery’s James Bond, Jack Kennedy, Cary Grant. Look at prize fighters and basketball players anytime before 1990. Men shaved their faces, not their legs.

In the 90’s, mostly gay fashion designers, desperate for something outrageous for their Paris collections, latched onto the street gang look and pushed it to absurd(er) lengths. Buyers for chain stores stocked up on baggy shorts (and also those ridiculous pleated trousers) as a planned-obsolescence gimmick, forcing everyone to empty their closets and buy new stuff. Suddenly there was nothing else available but baggy, pleated, synthetic, logo-ed, overpriced clown pants.

Now Americans are convinced there’s something vulgar about men showing their knees!

Americans, you’ve been had. Sure, gross hairy men don’t look good in shorts. They don’t look good in anything. But why should average men have to cover themselves up in nylon tents to avoid offending girls in string bikinis?

By: youonlywishyoucould

youonlywishyoucould — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:41:16 +0000

people are only jealous. short shorts rock on the right body type. trouble is those that sit around and complain about things like this all the time are the fat asses that know they’d look awful in anything revealing. plus i think discretion should be used. for instance, you don’t want to see an overly hairy guy in short shorts or a really fat chick in a mini skirt. so if you got it, flaunt it. otherwise, all you boring middle-class cattle, stick to your daily uniforms of cargo shorts and polo’s and leave the fabulous clothes to all of us who have the right to show off