Men Wearing Nail Polish

Health & Fitness → Beauty

  • Author Pauline Downie
  • Published June 14, 2011
  • Word count 505
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Many men today enjoy wearing nail polish, although it is usually done behind closed doors and it is their toenails they paint.

In fact, if you do a search on the internet you will find many sites discussing this very topic.

Today it is still not socially acceptable for men to wear nail polish, it is not a manly thing to do, and yet there are many men who enjoy do it and sharing moments with their partners painting each others toenails.

Why should there be a problem with men wearing nail polish, at least on their toenails, and even if they do want their fingernails painted, it is not such a bad thing. It is a way of a person expressing themselves.

How many times have you seen a rock star or celebrity wearing black nail polish on their fingernails? Depending on the person it can look quite good.

Why should it be ok for celebrities and rock stars anyway, and not the average man on the street.

When you think about it, it is just a way of a man expressing his individuality, his passion for different, being able to go left when every one else is going right.

We are a simple minded society, always trying to tell the next person how they should live, always in judgement of what other people are doing. This is the way we feel better about ourselves.

The way I see it, if you are a man and you want to wear nail polish, then go ahead and do what you want to do, and not what other people expect of you.

During ancient Egyptian times it was not unusual for men to wear makeup, so why should it be any different today. I remember when I was younger I had a boyfriend who liked wearing eye liner; I never gave it a second thought. In fact, I thought it looked quite good.

It is a great thing if a man wants to have a pedicure and a manicure, it says a lot about how he feels about himself, and if he wants to add a little color to his nails, then so be it. There really is nothing more attractive than a well groomed man.

We are as a society changing all the time, and in time it will be sociably acceptable for a man to wear nail polish either on his fingernails or toe nails.

For now, you will have to hide behind closed doors, and if you are a man in a relationship and able to enjoy sharing nail polish colors and having pedicure with your partner, then good on you. It can only strengthen the bond between you both. I say, to all you men out there who want to experiment, do so and don't be afraid, it is your life.

Black nail polish seems to be a popular color with men, and I am sure one day in the future, we will see a manly man's nail polish on the market.

Pauline Downie loves all things fingernails, check out her site Beautiful Healthy Fingernails and find out how to overcome nail problems, nail diseases and information on nail polish, manicures and pedicures.

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mark · 10 years ago
I read a reason why so many women turn up their noses at guys wearing polish is that because of the early 20th century marketing of how to be the ideal beauty for a woman. Prior to that the natural woman standard of beauty was the prevailing view. That was because while makeup certainly was around, only women of ill repute-the painted ladies wore it, certainly not respectable women. The marketers turned to all forms of makeup to greater that beauty that all women could achieve. Nail polish and lipstick being just a couple of them. It then became a women's province to be seen as the ideal woman. So nailpolish was one of the tools to show that. It became so ingrained in that concept of an ideal woman that if men took on any of those tools women were highly incensed because to them it was a way of denigrating that goal and was a challenge to their power. Same thing with body shaving. Never done before the early 20th century and marketed by the blade companies especially to women because beards for men were so in fashion their sales had fallen off. So they created a new market. It appears that women were much more susceptible to claims by marketers but just for different reasons of course. I think there is merit to that, knowing how powerful marketing is in shaping our views. That also explains a lot about other products and differentiation by gender, even when it really is the same thing. And it also explains why there is no real logical answer to why a guy can't or shouldn't wear polish, or for that matter any normally used by women product. The answer is usually because only women do that and when you ask why there is no further explanation. But that's because it was so ingrained for a particular reason that while the reason is lost it has just become accepted as the norm and reality. While in fact it is entirely made up and one can find easily the source of it if one chooses to look. I find this fascinating. So let's be really honest here. There is so much more important in the world and nailpolish on guys is hardly in that category. Just a bit of color on an otherwise drab canvas. Has no connotation as shown above with sexuality. Really.

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