0
Men wore tights in Europe before they became fashionable for women to wear. Lycra tights add pizzaz to a nice set of smooth shapely legs. I like tights on women and I know some women like tights on men. So women get out and wear your tights with honor. ---- Then they should shave their legs first. If you wear tights with hairy legs all the hairs poke out of the tiny holes in the tights.
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Ezra
Professor
LaoTights became strongly associated with women during the last half of the 20th century.
When women’s hemlines rose on their dresses, tights and pantyhose were introduced to help keep them decent. Bare legs were considered indecent at the time, especially when wearing a dress. It was during this time that tights took on a female identification.
Prior to that, men still wore tights in period pieces. Hollywood films about medieval and Renaissance times would often outfit men in tights. During that period, wearing tights was viewed as masculine.
But after women began wearing them in society, men stopped wearing tights outside of Ballet and some sporting events. The fashion industry helped to create the notion that women should wear tights to be proper women. That led to men not wanting to wear tights anymore as their wives, girlfriends and sisters were now wearing them.
Entertainment began to change and men rarely wore tights in film except in a few rare exceptions. Socially and culturally society had come to view tights as something women wear, but men did not
This shift led to the idea that boys can’t wear tights, which still exists today to a degree. A boy did not wish to dress like his sister. And wearing tights, in most contexts, would get the boy labled as weird, gay or a crossdresser if he was to wear tights. To avoid this boys did not wear tights.
Today this trend continues in the form of both tights and leggings. Women have typically been the ones to wear leggings, which are a thicker form of tights. It is often viewed acceptable for women and girls to wear leggings. Its not not as acceptable for men and boys to wear leggings in most situations.
If a boy wears women’s tights he likely developed a interest with tights while observing his mother, sister or other female figure wearing them. He developed a curiosity about them and stole a pair from a female family member and began wearing them.
Generally speaking boys aren’t supposed to wear tights. In modern society its the role of women to wear tights. Its usually considered cross dressing when a male wears tights today. Boys aren’t supposed to have an interest in wearing them. They aren’t supposed to be obsessed with what it feels like to wear tights. Tights are for their moms and sisters to wear when they want to look pretty or feminine. Mothers generally don’t want their sons dressing up in tights.
Boys like to see tights on girls. Most boys don’t like tights for themselves. They think it will make them look like they are dressing like a girl.
When boys become teens they will generally enjoy seeing tights on girls more than when they were younger. Girls like boys to notice them in tights, but don’t like seeing boys wearing tights. Girls want to be the ones to wear tights.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How can a boy overcome fear of wearing stage tights even for a conventional actor's costume or in a dance class?
The reasons a boy or man may have against wearing tights for stage or dance will be personal to himself. This part of the answer is for the boy or man who is asking himself why he has such an anxiety. The first step is to realize the anxiety itself is the problem, because tights are widely worn by males in the performing arts, it is totally acceptable. Schools are now doing musicals such as "Cats" where almost all the cast wears unitards, which are tights for the whole body, including boys as well as girls. The show is improved by the mix of both boys and girls.
What should a boy wear to ballet?
It depends on the studio they dance with, but typical it's a white shirt and black tights or a unitard.
Should a boy wear Cinderella sparkle tights?
Yes they should. They look sweet on boys. The maker accidentally was told (as a joke) to make them for boys only, he did. All boys should wear them for curiosity, cuteness, softness, ballet, feminine hormone, warmth (warmer than long-johns or socks) and tightness. It was said in the Bible a woman shouldn't wear a mans clothes but a man should wear woman's clothes openly.
What are tights worn by ballet dancers called?
Most dancers refer to them as either 'tights' or 'stockings'. Depending on the type they can also be called 'body tights'Just... "tights." Unless they're just stockings or unitards. Or even full-body stockings. Still... tights are traditionally just "tights."
What do you call ballet tights?
Ballet tights are called 'ballet tights' or 'dance tights'. Ballet tights for women are thinner than those designed for men since they are worn under leotards.
