Just out of curiousity, after a discussion with Jamie after watching a TV show, what is it about uniforms that girls find sexy?
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
You know that the person takes something seriously. There is a sense of humanity and responsiblity that comes along with a crisp uniform, I think, a sense that this person is a doer of deeds.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
The fact that the men wearing them actually keep them clean unlike the general men's atitude towards cloths... Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Frankly, uniforms don't do anything for me... so I guess I can't answer that.
Now foreign accents, on the other hand... THAT's sexy. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Do you still have your uniform from the theater? Maybe mack's hinting that you should put it on.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Which begs me to ask... do foriegn girls find American accents hot?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"The fact that the men wearing them actually keep them clean unlike the general men's atitude towards cloths..."
OK, then explain why I think a man in a fire suit is just THE sexiest thing ever?
Edit: T, I have always wondered that!
[ January 14, 2005, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
'Cause he's on fire, baby! Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
The only uniforms I tend to find attractive are athletic and military uniforms. Police, firemen, postal, McDonalds, etc. never do much for me. I think I like the athletic and military uniforms more for what's being hidden -or what I think is being hidden- behind them than for the uniforms themselves. Athletes and those in the military just tend to be in really good shape and physically, I'd say it's pretty normal to be attracted to those who are fit.
There's also the attitude athletes and those in the military convey to me. They seem to be confident and I really like that, sometimes to the point of liking arrogance. But I'm just weird like that.
So...it's not so much the uniform as it is the whole idea for me.
Edit: English is always a good place to start.
[ January 14, 2005, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: Uhleeuh ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, Nate -- tell me this...
What is it about a uniform that changes a man?
What I mean is this: I have known guys that might be total slobs around the house, lounge around in sweats, drink beer, yada yada .... but then when they get up and put on their uniform -- they change. They stand up straighter, walk more assuredly, talk with confidence. Like walking out on a stage and taking on a new role. Something about putting on that uniform, shining those shoes -- it does something INSIDE the guy..
and that is what we find attractive.
Farmgirl
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Military or police uniforms on men and women are somewhat appealing and attractive. I don't know why. They look better on women in my opinion. But, they are not as appealing as glasses or as a person who speaks more than one language fluently and plays a musical instrument. In fact they equal authority and I HATE authority.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
For one thing, they're well-cut, so they look good.
But the main thing is that many women are attracted to authority.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
People. Here is the truth behind the uniform:
The uniform is all that's holding that potential power in check. When the uniform is off, Look Out.
IMO.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:They stand up straighter, walk more assuredly, talk with confidence.
Well, I have worn a few uniforms that were just so stiff that I was literally unable to slouch. It was like a yardstick that stretched from your butt to the top of your neck. The confidence is probably just a side effect of the uniform, as more blood can flow to the head.
[ January 14, 2005, 04:07 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quote:Which begs me to ask... do foriegn girls find American accents hot?
Oh yeah, baby!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
When I was in a high school production of South Pacific, some of the guys had to wear uniforms. The transformation was electric. Suddenly, even backstage, they moved purposefully, they stood up straighter.
A uniform means something, especially an army uniform. It's not the uniform that is attractive, it's the attitude a uniform gives to someone unaccostomed to wearing a uniform.
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Uniform stands for sacrifice, authority, and commitment - very attractive qualities.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
In addition to me previous post: That's why it's the uniform of the powerful that's most attractive. The McDonald's uniform doesn't exactly say "power held in check."
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I bet it would if McDonalds made buzz cuts mandatory and let their employees carry a gun.
[ January 14, 2005, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Or at least a cattle prod.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I think much of it comes down to that primal instinct of power and authority, as Mrs. M. said. When a man is in uniform he looks strong and capable. Think of what we associate uniforms with - danger, protection, masculinity, strength, bravery, etc. All that macho man stuff is pretty sexy, though it might not be politically correct.
space opera
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
quote: Well, I have worn a few uniforms that were just so stiff that I was literally unable to slouch. It was like a yardstick that stretched from your butt to the top of your neck. The confidence is probably just a side effect of the uniform, as more blood can flow to the head.
A really great example of this is from an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. Robby always slouches around his parents house in sweatshirts and junk, but when he proposes to whats-her-face he's in his police dress blues and is much more straightened.
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
As well, many high school guys are attracted to girls in private school uniforms, I find. When I'm out with my friends, we get hit on a lot when we're in our uniforms. I don't know why, though.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Well to quote the Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Catholic school girls rock".
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
::refrains from linking a picture in response to that::
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
Stryker Let us not forget Japanese School Girls
(tries not to giggle like one)
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: Frankly, uniforms don't do anything for me... so I guess I can't answer that.
Now foreign accents, on the other hand... THAT's sexy.
maui babe - I thought similarly, until I witnessed the devestating result of the two together.
I had a small car accident in Ireland and had to go to the Garda station to fill out a report. I'm not 100% on this, but I'm pretty sure the Garda are first chosen on ability to police and then on being habanero flaming hot.
To this day my friend Anna and I begin salivating everytime we think of the Garda.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
It's because we know that the dress uniform would go so well with a formal ball gown.
Actually, I have no idea. I generally find uniforms a bit of a turn off but that is most likely due to my aversion to all things involved with wars and guns.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
I think men look so good in uniforms because they actually FIT. Half the guys I know wear clothing a size or two too big for them. A uniform actually shows what's there, which is always hot. That's why a well fitting suit is so sexy, too.
Ni!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I echo the foreign accent thing. I am SO lucky I married a guy with an accent.
The unlucky part is that I still don't understand what he's saying all the time. But I still love him anyway. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I get what you mean quid!! I had dinner with some friends tonight, including my friend and her Scottish husband. Holy moly, what a thick accent...and the accent isn't even from another language and I STILL had trouble understanding him!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ralphie, just the description of an Irish-accented officer of the law makes me salivate.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Men in kilts. Yum! And when they have hairy chests. Yummier!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Ralphie, just the description of an Irish-accented officer of the law makes me salivate.
Top o' the mornin' to ya!
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
quote: I had a small car accident in Ireland and had to go to the Garda station to fill out a report. I'm not 100% on this, but I'm pretty sure the Garda are first chosen on ability to police and then on being habanero flaming hot.
It's not just the Guards.
::winks::
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Hairy chests? Ewwwwwwwwwwwww Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
How can one not love a hairy chest?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
On Hugh Jackman, maybe, but on anyone else? Gross!
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Bad Elizabeth, now you've got me daydreaming about my Will... hairy chest, long hair and tats... and he's a friggin thousand miles away... <pout>
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:"The fact that the men wearing them actually keep them clean unlike the general men's atitude towards cloths..."
OK, then explain why I think a man in a fire suit is just THE sexiest thing ever?
Trust me, and I'm in a position to know, they look much sexier after fighting a fire than they smell.
If Wes hasn't had a chance to take a shower after a fire on his shift, that's the first place I send him when he comes home. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Goody, what in the name of all is a "tat?"
Belle, stop breaking down the dream!
[ January 15, 2005, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :
quote: OK, then explain why I think a man in a fire suit is just THE sexiest thing ever?
Because they are ready to jump up at any hour and swing into action. I think there is something to the pole and the hose as well.
I think a man in uniform is a man who will take orders.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Good heavens, Trisha!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Ah, so the theory is that the clothes make the man, eh?
Frankly, uniforms are a way of signalling a certain set of attitudes or values shared among those who put them on. So, the clothing serves as a shorthand for "this is who I am and what I believe in."
Guilds in London leap to mind, where a certain hat and a type of coat were all that were needed to signal ones occupation and status in the community.
People NOT in a uniform might be anything, but chances are they aren't "insiders." Perhaps this harkens back to something even primal in our natures. It's thought that women were the cohesive force in primitive societies (and still are today?) and that they exercised this control by selectively choosing as mates those men who were cooperative parts of the social grouping. Of course, the other way to look at this is that humans in a group have a higher survival rate than those outside of a group, especially in our pre-history. So, who survived but the joiners? Most of the rugged individualism was bred out of us, by our own consent.
Of course, in today's society we still retain vestiges of this prehistoric imperative toward group membership.
- the preference of women toward a man in uniform. - the use of well-cut suits to create a positive impression - the rush to mimic successful celebrities' clothing and hairstyles (Anyone remember power ties or Nancy Reagan's red dresses?) - the hanky-code among gay men
The main thing to remind ourselves when falling in love with the outer shell is that it's a disguise...a costume. It may signal an underlying truth, or it may hide a person who put on that attire in order to mislead.
I think Dana should be home soon. I need to go put on my pirate shirt.
[ January 15, 2005, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Jeez, Bob, can't a woman just have the hots for a guy in a fire suit woithout it sounding so...psychological?
PS Don't forget to wear that big pirate belt thing that crosses over the chest...
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote:- the hanky-code among gay men
Never heard of that one. I've seen some of them wear rainbow-colored items, though..
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I googled "hanky code" and got a bunch of stuff I didn't know about various groups out there who wear hankies.
I'm not going to post any of the links because they are all basically sexual in nature.
But the general codes are:
Color of hanky indicates a TYPE of preference. Which rear pocke the hanky is in indicates whether you are interested in being the person who DOES that thing or has it done to you.
Apparently this has turned into codes for Christians, fetishists, gays, goths, and people with various sexually transmitted diseases.
All I can say is it's probably useful to know that an orange hanky in the right rear jeans pocket means "Nothing right now, thank you!"
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Bob, this reminds me of a rahter disturbing thing I learned about highway rest areas.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I found a "clean" site that illustrates this a bit.
Perhaps a bit offensive to some Christians, but it's really sort of funny and not TOO offensive to share. I hope. Someone with better grounding in theology and a less snarky attitude about Christianity in general could've done an even funnier job of this. But there it is for our use in understanding "hanky codes" at any rate.
[ January 15, 2005, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Elizabeth. I have recently decided, on the advice of a friend from a State Patrol, to no longer sleep overnight in rest areas when I take road trips.
Yikes! Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
quote: Hairy chests? Ewwwwwwwwwwwww
I agree with this completely. Chest hair makes my skin crawl for some reason. Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: Ralphie, just the description of an Irish-accented officer of the law makes me salivate.
Dudn't it just?
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
You know what it is. It's that in a uniform, it's hard for a guy to mismatched. The color co-ordination alone is usually enough for a woman to notice. Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
It's all about mystique - what's UNDER all that thick cloth? Actually, uniforms are usually tailored, so a man looks his best when he wears it. If you had all your clothes tailored, you might find yourself a chick magnet.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I will tally in with the ones who dig a man in uniform. Maybe there is some truth to the "power" thing. But I also think that a well cut suit just "looks" attractive asthetically.
But who am I kidding? I am not particularly interested in analyzing why. That takes all the fun out of it!
Oh, and I dig the hairy chest too. Brings out the animal in me. Rrrrrrrawr.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
When i first met my husband, he had nary a hair on his chest. Now, it is fully engaged.
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
I have a beautiful uniform from my Engineer school. And i liked wearing it but i must say, nothing is different with girls... I think it's a myth. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Elizabeth, they do say the love of a good woman will put hair on your chest.
Sometimes, it also takes it off the top of your head, though.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
ha ha! And that is happening as well!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I also dig a man in a sarong. A man. One man. Fahim. He's pretty cute dressed like that.
Especially when it shows off his hairy chest to perfection. But I'll stop now. Otherwise, it could quickly degenerate. . .
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Elizabeth, sorry for the late reply, stupid post markers again...
quote:Goody, what in the name of all is a "tat?"
A tattoo. Or in this case, several tattoos... Will is part Native American, and he has two armbands with dancing Kokopelli figures on the bands and rawhide tassels trailing down to his elbows. Then he also has another Kokopelli on his chest and he's thinking about doing something on his back.
He's trying to convince me to get something on my back as well, possibly a unicorn since I like them so much, but I'm resisting for the moment. Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
quote:I think Dana should be home soon. I need to go put on my pirate shirt.
Got to be one of the funniest things ever posted here.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Hmm...uniforms don't do anything for me at all. On the other hand, I really like scruffy and tattooed and relaxed, and (alternatively) an ill-fitting suit and too short hair is adorable.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I think I might have to get Fahim a pirate shirt. Good idea!
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Isn't a sarong what sumo wrestlers wear? Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Dunno. If they do, they wrap it around themselves so it looks like an industrial strength diaper.
There are two versions of sarongs. One version is a length of cloth, say four or five feet long, and to wear it, it's tied around the waist or the chest, depending on purpose. The second version has the ends sewed together so it forms a tube, the wearer puts it on around them, and ties a knot or tucks it in in such a way that it stays on.
Here, women wear a sarong tied under their armpits when they shower, especially if they're showering at the communal waterpipe at the side of the road (I pass two such pipes on my way to church on Sunday with people showering, doing dishes, laundry, whatever at the community water pipe). Men tie it around their waists.
Some men wear sarongs out in public, but it tends to be older men, labourers who do this. The younger and more educated wear more western clothing.
However, in the home, it's a whole other thing. Many men - foreigners included - wear sarongs to lounge around the house. And many men wear sarongs to bed as pyjamas. Fahim is one of those men.
Oh, and when they, men, need to, they'll pick up the bottom of the sarong and tie it again around their waists so that it's essentially folded in half. For heavy labour, for example. And for fighting each other, although this is much more visible in the movies than in real life. IRL I haven't seen any fights yet.
Anything else ya wanna know? Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Quid, I'm just not sure about the pirate shirt and the sarong.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
No, likely not together. But separately, hmm.
The thing about sarongs is . . . You know, I was going to post it, but changed my mind. There are young minds on here. So I'll just say that there are certain benefits to a man in a sarong. And I'll leave it at that. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Nothing like fencing uniforms. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Oh, sure, pull a Sara.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:I agree with this completely. Chest hair makes my skin crawl for some reason.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: Ralphie, just the description of an Irish-accented officer of the law makes me salivate.
Any person who likes uniforms and accents should watch the Sharpe movie series. Made for TV movies, gripping, very well written and full of uniforms, pig-headed Englishmen, French Cavalry, sharpshooters, Sean Bean, the Spanish Countryside and Historically correctness.
*is a geek*
Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
Bob, when you said hanky, my mind just automatically added panky. I mean, it took me awhile to figure out that you werent missing a word in your next posts. And I was desperately curious to know what the gays mans hanky-panky code is. But I dont think I'll look it up.
Edit: damn it, I didnt notice the second page either. my mind just likes to avoid things it doesnt want to see and find things that arent there.
[ January 18, 2005, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: foundling ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Let's just say the hanky is a code for the type of hanky panky desired, and leave it at that.
Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
Yes, I think leaving it at that is a great idea, Elizabeth. Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
Oh, Twinky. You know that Jatraqueros don't count. You're all hot; including the girls.
And Kat, I like scruffy too, or at least chin stubble from not shaving for a day.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Is it sad that I just figured out that the Unicorn thread is a dobie of this one?
[ January 18, 2005, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Oh, Twinky. You know that Jatraqueros don't count. You're all hot; including the girls.
That may only be because unlike the "satellite fora," Hatrack does not allow avatars.
Anyway, don't worry, I'm not actually heartbroken, just a bit fragile tonight Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
*wraps twinky in bubblewrap* That should help. At the very least, people might be inclined to try and burst your bubbles...err, nevermind.
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