by Blade Hall
Skinny jeans seem to be the controversial topic of teen boys. Are they cool and in-style or just "homosexual" like some people say? I’ve asked people around the school and was shocked to hear that people have mixed emotions about this subject.
“Guys should be able to wear skinny jeans if they want to and not have a second thought that people are going to call them gay.” says Hannah King; a junior here at PCHS. When asked if she thought a guy was homosexual for wearing them, she quickly exclaimed, “Heck no!”
On the opposite side of this topic, when Shane Mason, a freshman here at PCHS, was asked the same question, he said “I think it’s kind of weird. I see a lot of girls wearing skinny jeans and then all of a sudden guys start wearing them, and it just freaks me out.” He described them as being a little on the “fruity” side but not a direct indicator of homosexuality.
Why do some people jump to conclusions that “Oh, he’s wearing skinny jeans, he must be gay!” Why can’t a guy wear skinny jeans and not get questioned about his sexuality every five minutes? It seems like there’s a growing number of males wearing skinny jeans and even with more people wearing them, some people don’t want to say that you can be straight and also wear skinny jeans. There’s a little thing called freedom of expression and maybe these guys are wearing them because they’re a new trend or just because they think they’re comfortable.
The goal is to break down the stereotype that only homosexual guys wear skinny jeans. There are a lot of teens that get made fun of just because they wear tight pants. It’s ludicrous that people can’t wear what they want because they think they’ll get made fun of. Just think about these things before you label someone as "gay" for wearing skinny jeans because who knows? You may just as easily be called a name or stereotype for wearing something you like or having your hair a certain length. So, don’t judge people on the way they look. Get to know people before you stereotype them with a certain group.
