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Old 12-13-2012, 01:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Why exactly do some people think this is a big deal? I see male office workers in pink shirts all the time, and I don't just assume that they're gay. It's not the norm, but it's not like it's anything scandalous or weird.
Well, he was living in a country where gays and lesbians are openly shamed and prosecuted for being so, and anything that might reflect/represent homosexuality (that would definitely be the pink shirt to them) is seriously frowned upon.
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Old 12-13-2012, 01:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, he was living in a country where gays and lesbians are openly shamed and prosecuted for being so, and anything that might reflect/represent homosexuality (that would definitely be the pink shirt to them) is seriously frowned upon.
Colors mean different things in different cultures though.
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Old 12-13-2012, 01:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well, he was living in a country where gays and lesbians are openly shamed and prosecuted for being so, and anything that might reflect/represent homosexuality (that would definitely be the pink shirt to them) is seriously frowned upon.
But how do you know that? I have no idea what Malaysians think about pink shirts.
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Old 12-13-2012, 02:04 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I also don't know what Malaysians think of pink shirts. Perhaps it's totally normal, but there's certainly a possibility that it's not.

Even though you see male office workers in pink shirts "all the time" I think there's still somewhat of a stigma in the US associated with which colors a man chooses to wear. I believe that some people think a pink shirt makes a man look gay.

Either way, I pointed out the picture not only for those reasons but to express my appreciation for his fashion sense, which I couldn't detect at all in the pics he posted of himself in T-shirts and baggy cargo pants.

edit: here is the opinion of one Malaysian man who doesn't have a BIG problem with it but feels that men should look tougher than women and pink symbolizes softness.
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Men wear pink shirts here and think nothing of it. It may have been a gay thing to do in the 1970s and 1980s but now it's just another colour.

If this article which I just sourced is anything to go by, Howard may well have been making a statement with his pink shirt.
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Men wear pink shirts here and think nothing of it. It may have been a gay thing to do in the 1970s and 1980s but now it's just another colour.

If this article which I just sourced is anything to go by, Howard may well have been making a statement with his pink shirt.
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