"Many men pull on their shirts, just below the rib cage, just above the belly button, constantly. The sketch was inspired by [Tim] Robinson's own tugging habit... 'If I catch myself doing it, I'm like, What are you doing -- you've got to stop tugging on your shirt,' said Michael Berkowitz, 26, a product manager at a financial tech company in Austin, Texas. After watching the shirt-tugging sketch on 'I Think You Should Leave,' his girlfriend started teasing him in public about the quirk.... 'You get older, you get a little gut, and you get a little self-conscious, and you tug out your shirt. I found myself doing it a lot.'"
From "Men, That Constant Tugging of Your Shirt? We Notice It" (WSJ).
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Women, who write articles about how you notice us constantly tugging on our shirts? We don't care.
Something I never noticed.
"Women, who write articles about how you notice us constantly tugging on our shirts?"
The linked article is written by a man and the comedy show (the source of the video) is made by a man.
Men seem to be pretty good at making fun of their own foibles. You're denying them credit — for the self-deprecation and the comedy — and you're turning it into something women are doing to you and that is devoid of comedy. Why do you want to do that? Maybe you want to believe that loosening the shirt over your belly every 2 minutes is an effective way to keep anyone from noticing it?
I think women are more likely to be censorious about body shaming (in The Era of That's Not Funny), not to draw attention to the man's reflexive sensitivity to his belly problem.
I don't believe I've ever seen any man do this, or if one did it didn't register. Wonder why?
Hmm, never noticed that. I do notice women doing the bra readjustment twist. (Pull down and shift right or left).
And of course there’s the age old pocket pool maneuver for men.
I Think You Should Leave is absurd, deranged, and hilarious. I cannot recommend that show enough.
This type of posts that targets your Pillsbury Deploraboys won't help you out with that Austin trip.
Oh, that is so woke.
You're denying them credit — for the self-deprecation and the comedy — and you're turning it into something women are doing to you and that is devoid of comedy.
THAT'S NOT FUNNY.
The linked article is written by a man...
Are you sure? Did you ask them their pronouns?
Maybe the headline was written by somebody other than the author of the article. The phrasing implies that the group being addressed (men) is disjointed from the group doing the noticing (we).
Don't do it. Never noticed anyone do it.
Howard said...
This type of posts that targets your Pillsbury Deploraboys won't help you out with that Austin trip.
How much do you weigh, soldier?
I do it all the time.
I’ve never noticed this either. Someone noticed someone else’s nervous tic and mentally processed it as a thing. Probably not the first marketing fail of that nature.
Duluth Trading Co. advertises a similar "No-Yank Tank" for women. Their market segment skews ... burly, and the unstated message is, "this won't pop out of the back of your jeans when you plop your big behind down in a seat." I assume the shirts for men are likewise intended to cover one's protruding gut.
Or, you could recognize that tee shirts are underwear and dress like an adult.
What the hell are they talking about???????
"The Jerk." Steve Martin. The Opti-Grab.
I went through a fat period when I was in college (I went from 180 to 270, and then back to 180 again). I noticed that when I was fat, I tugged at the shirt. It wasn't I was trying to hide the fact that I was fat- that couldn't be hidden by a tent- I tugged at the shirt because it was too small and stretched over my gut was just uncomfortable when I moved.
I've never seen this shirt-tugging of which they speak.
I fall down on my knees and humbly confess that I do this. . . . .at the gym. Cuz, you know, pecs and sweat. *flex flex*
That's the only time I do that though.
At least I think so. . . . . .now I'm paranoid. . . . . .
The only shirt tugging I have ever noticed were the Captains Picard and Kirk.
Blogger jaydub said...
I don't believe I've ever seen any man do this, or if one did it didn't register. Wonder why?
A solution in search of a problem.
That particular tug I’ve only ever used because it’s hot, I’m sweating, and I’m trying to get some air between my skin and the shirt. Now, I have put on some weight over the past year and shifted from size medium to size large (large is a little baggy but medium is tight), so if I’m wearing on older (size medium) t-shirt I might tug down at the hem if it feels like it’s riding up and exposing my midsection. It’s the exposure of skin that makes me self-conscious, though, not being overweight.
Why do women insist on unrealistic standards of appearance where men don't pull on their shirts? Secondly, why are they tug-shaming?
Get a bigger shirt that doesn't have to stretch over your belly. Or do something about the belly. Finding clothes to wear must be one of the toughest parts of obesity.
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