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Socially Acceptable Man Purse?

Sometimes I wish it were socially acceptable for a male to carry a purse in today’s American culture. Granted, as a man in my 30′s, I’m less worried about getting my butt kicked at recess for being different, but I think a purse would still be over the line for many.

Here’s my argument: as a male, it’s already okay to carry a briefcase or laptop bag. However there’s few smaller options for when you don’t need all that space. Take today for instance. I needed to bring with me

  • a novel,
  • my headphones and their charger,
  • an iPod,
  • coffee mug,
  • a yogurt for breakfast.

That amount of stuff doesn’t require either of the two aforementioned personal bags. They’re almost too big with out smaller pockets for some of the stuff! A purse would have been perfect.

  • http://www.facebook.com/noxpointe Pat East

    How about a small messenger bag? Or like a super small laptop bag? I used to use laptop bag to carry about that much stuff. Now I’ve switched over to a biohazard messenger bag that works pretty well.

    No one messes with the guy that has a biohazard sign and visible vials…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511407690 Star Foster

    I know so many guys with murses. You could totally rock one.

  • http://www.facebook.com/andreasarich Andrea Sarich

    A European shoulder bag…

  • http://www.facebook.com/jeremy.sawruk Jeremy Sawruk

    How about a backpack?

  • http://www.facebook.com/katy.hawthorne Katy Hawthorne

    Try a backpack or a “Library” bag, as my dad calls them. I think a small messenger bag might be okay. Have Megan go with you to make sure it isn’t too femine looking, and then go for it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/katy.hawthorne Katy Hawthorne
  • http://www.facebook.com/rachel.weber3 Rachel Weber

    Army surplus bag?

  • http://www.facebook.com/dashifen David Dashifen Kees

    @Andrea — nice
    @Jeremy — that’s what I’m using now, but it still seems like overkill.
    @Katy/Rachel — yeah that’s sort of the direction I think I’m headed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1914298 Gianni Pezzarossi

    yeah, I think the current equivalent to a man-purse is an army surplus satchel bag or a gas mask bag. it’s becoming so socially acceptable it’s almost to the point of becoming hipster.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dashifen David Dashifen Kees

    Wait. If it’s the popular thing, then I can’t do that. I’m a programmer after all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1914298 Gianni Pezzarossi

    you can always plead ignorance on the social status of it….that’s programmer-ish :-p

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