Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had to open doors and little old ladies never crossed the street alone. Men took charge because that’s what they did. But somewhere along the way, the world decided it no longer needed men. Disco by disco, latte by foamy non-fat latte, men were stripped of their khaki’s and left stranded on the road between boyhood and androgyny. But today, there are questions our genderless society has no answers for. The world sits idly by and cities crumble, children misbehave and those little old ladies remain on one side of the street. For the first time since bad guys, we need heroes. We need grown-ups. We need men to put down the plastic fork, step away from the salad bar and untie the world from the tracks of complacency. It’s time to get your hands dirty. It’s time to answer the call of manhood. It’s time to wear the pants.
I don’t know about you, but when I think of manly trousers, I don’t think of Dockers’ khakis. I think of chinos.
But I like the sentiment.
h/t Boundless Line via First Thoughts
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Huh, interesting. But yeah, when I’m putting on a pair of pants to go do some manly stuff, I ain’t reaching for my khakis…it’s a start though. Wonder how much heat they’re going to take from this.
I’ve boycotted Dockers and all Levi’s products for years, because of their opposition to the Boy Scouts’ policy of not allowing little boys to share tents with adult homosexual males. So I take this ad with a glacier of salt.
Are Dockers and Levis related?
Levis owns Dockers. Or so I’ve long understood.
Yup, Wikipedia confirms it. And we all know Wikipedia don’t lie.
Did not know that about Levi’s, which I’ve sworn by for years, even lately when the damned things fall apart much more easily than ever before. Now, though? Full-on switch to Lucky. Thanks for the update, Lars!
A great a true sentiment but khakis don’t exactly scream John Wayne. This would have worked better for jeans.
My first thought was khaki green work pants. Thats what my Dad wore as long as I could remember. He never would have been caught dead in jeans. But jeans would work to. And yes you guys know I agree with that sentiment.
Funny you should call them, “work pants,” Stephanie. That’s what I called them when I was a kid. They’re what my father wore, too.
I’m not sure when khakis came to be associated with yuppies. I do remember my father complaining about it, because the cost of a pair of workpants skyrocketted. (Was Dockers responsible for that shift? Are they trying to make things right with my Dad?)
Who are you, and what have you done with -Mike!
My dad also did not wear jeans or shorts. Jeans and shorts were for children. Men only wore jeans if their job required them.
Whoops. That was my alter-ego there.
What are chinos?
Spanish-speaking Asians.
They are what all the gang-bangers wore at my High School. That is before they reached the age of 16 and dropped out.
Daddy was a WASP, and therefore wore khakis, chinos, seersucker and madras. He wore coveralls only when doing the gardening. Of course, Daddy did turn out to be gay in his mid-fifties, but I doubt his clothing preferences contributed to that.
“Daddy did turn out to be gay in his mid-fifties”
No freakin’ way!
Way.
“Women wear pants, men wear trousers”
SSgt Davis
Senior Drill Instructor
Platoon 161
MCRD San Diego
August 1961
Welcome to Threedonia Al!
I don’t need an advertising fruit to tell me to be a man.
Stephanie, I only saw my Grandpa in those green work pants with matching green shirt for my entire life. When I was a kid I thought he only had one outfit and Grandma had to wash it every night. Later he would rotate the shirt with flannel shirts.
A more apt title for this thread in light of some of DC’s recent legislation, would be “Who Wears the Panties?”
BTW, I’m an old guy and I still wear jeans all the time…Wranglers, that is.