As usual, Eco Lifestyle has given men a fraction of the CAS assets they give to women, and no unique hairstyles--every male hair is also available by default for female Sims.And as usual, male children have it worst of all, having no unique CAS assets of their own, only getting what girls' outfits Maxis has decided to deem "unisex".Something's gotta change.Is it a telemetry thing? Does Maxis think people simply don't play as men? Well, maybe we would if they had some clothes!How about, just for once, it's the men who get all the unique CAS assets, and just for one pack, the women get the unisex hairs and clothes. Just for one pack. Just once.As for the gameplay object, why not a barber's chair? Sims go in, and a hireable NPC cuts your hair and gives you a shave. Maybe they could even justify patching in the ability to set different beards per outfit? I'm not gonna have a full beard in Summer, and when I go out to a Formal occasion, I'm probably gonna go clean-shaven.It's a viable idea, and I wish Maxis would do it. Just one pack where the men get the attention they desperately need.

I feel your pain. I am female, but I still mostly play male sims and sometimes it feels like I'm the only one! It has always irked me how male sims seem to get left out in CAS. I really wish they had a wider variety of clothing styles, hair styles, and facial/body hair. I would love a pack for male sims, but ideally I would just like all packs to be a little more balanced in CAS between sexes.

I like to play male and female sims, and occasionally sims that identify as neither. I dislike half the male hairs though so it means I reuse the same ones over and over again. Lately I have been plundering the female hairstyles for my males.

I create both males and females - each one needs a suitable mate right? I have found that creating a male Sim is frustrating. I think all my males have the exact same closet. Not much to choose from - especially for the boys. I think it is the same IRL for kids. I have 2 boys IRL and have always found it frustrating shopping for clothes - there are always at least 3 racks of girl clothes to every 1 rack of boys. Guys definitely get the short end of the fashion stick....SIM or IRL

"annaliese39;c-17513230" wrote:I feel your pain. I am female, but I still mostly play male sims and sometimes it feels like I'm the only one! It has always irked me how male sims seem to get left out in CAS. I really wish they had a wider variety of clothing styles, hair styles, and facial/body hair. I would love a pack for male sims, but ideally I would just like all packs to be a little more balanced in CAS between sexes. I literally have like 25 main male sims and 3 females. The only way I could do it is to scour sites for male cc. Or else they would all be wearing the same thing! Lol I'm a girl. And even if they are remarketing this to girls I always found it strange because why wouldnt we want good looking boy sims with a variety of options?????

I completely agree. I tend to play mostly with male sims (unless I feel like my sim should have a wife/girlfriend, but if it's just one sim, it will usually be a male one) and it bothers me that males always get less content than female sims, so I would like there to be a SP dedicated to them, similar to how we got kids and toddlers focused SPs, which also tend to get less CAS stuff. As for the gameplay object, I think it could be a pool table, since that's a common object to have in man caves (even though both genders would be able to play pool, not just males) and we are still missing them in the game after 5 years even though TS1, TS2 and TS3 all had pool tables.

👏 We 👏 need 👏 a 👏 menswear 👏 SP! 👏

GamingTweety
5 years ago
This!!! Please!!! My male sims are in need of more clothes! And cc is not always help.
dianed485
New Scout
5 years ago
Also could we have more men jeans/pants that aren't cropped ? It's like they're all capri pants.....
BK747
5 years ago
"Dianesims;c-17514700" wrote:
Also could we have more men jeans/pants that aren't cropped ? It's like they're all capri pants.....

Agreed on the pants, especially jeans... I find that so many of the jeans fit strangely and don't look very good on male sims. My favourite/one of the only pairs of male jeans that I like is the pair from bowling stuff with the rips. Literally almost every one of my male sims ends up wearing them!
gamertherapy
5 years ago
I play male Sims almost exclusively, and agree that there aren't many jeans that don't rob a man of his dignity one way or another, but I never felt stinted on fashions and hairstyles because...I actually don't care that much, about fashion and hairstyles! They are a pain to have to deal with. In fact it's more work than I like, to have to set a different outfit for each "occasion" (formal, everyday, cold weather, hot weather, etc) and I just found out you can set more than one for each category?

So the problem as it is laid out, makes sense that it's discriminatory. On the other hand, in real life, women do seem to want 3X the number and complexity of options associated with their appearance, compared to men.

There are exceptions, of course. But in general, "his" and "hers" closet space are not equal.

As for me, irl and in the game, less is more. I usually have 2 pairs of jeans, 2 pairs of shorts, and in summer I cycle between 3 Hawaiian shirts and a couple of "home" t-shirts. And I have one pair of Keens, and a pair of flipflops, and that's it. I like my hair best if it's in a way that doesn't need "doing" in order to walk out the door.

Judging from the male clothing options that are already in the game, why would I want the same people who are designing jeans a guy would never wear, to make MORE of that to choose from? :D
gamertherapy
5 years ago
"SERVERFRA;c-17514076" wrote:
I mostly start with a woman sim as my household & mostly make my own version of NPCs as men. That way my playing sim can have the pick of the litter of men to befriend, date, serial marry, become a black widow or even have more than two boyfriends at the same time. The little vixens. lol

I do agree that we need more handsome & sexy men clothes & hairstyles.

We also NEED BODY HAIR.

I agree completely on the need for body hair, but solved my problem neatly with Luumia's body hair mod and now all my guys have varying degrees, colors, textures, and distributions of pit hair, chest hair, landing strip, arm and leg coverage, you name it.

Before getting the mod, I used to stick primarily to blond and red-haired males, and didn't think why: it was because they don't look jarring without obviously visible body hair. Theirs could still be there in theory, just not as immediately showy as that of a dark-haired guy, so it didn't weird me out. Once I got the mod and furred my guys, dark haired men became playable.

So if they could do as good a job as Luumia, sure, add it to the game.
Loves2draw1812
New Novice
5 years ago
Rather than a separate stuff pack how about they start including EQUAL amounts (or near enough) of clothing for female and MALE Sims in each Game/Expansion/stuff pack? That would be a nice change.
Oh and for them to vary up the styles a bit, seen the same styles used all the time - oh another pair of baggy trousers...yaaay.
Some variation on hairstyles would be nice as well, guys can have longer hairstyles too (and not more man buns)

:(
pinneduphair
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Dianesims;c-17514700" wrote:
Also could we have more men jeans/pants that aren't cropped ? It's like they're all capri pants.....

Yes, I agree! I have such a hard time dressing male sims, because cropped pants just aren't my taste (and I feel like I never see men wearing them irl??), but like 80% of the pants for males are cropped. I've always felt that Sims 4 goes for too much stylized, ~fashion~ type clothing, while ignoring the basics that would actually be useful and versatile.
Kimmer_one
Rising Traveler
5 years ago
"xstxrrysequence;c-17513953" wrote:
No need for another overpriced SP. Just get some CC. Problem solved.

I don't want to download CC. Downloading CC doesn't solve the problem that the official game is lacking male CAS items and we who don't want to add any non-official stuff (that makes the game lag even more than it does already and possibly also can cause other problems including viruses on our computers) shouldn't have to be required to.

I play with male Sims just as much as females and I don't even care for fashion, but I'd like to have decent official CAS content for males. I would love more longer hair styles, facial hair, non-ripped jeans, T-shirts (with better fit) and such.
ChadSims2
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
Completely agree males need more clothing options and not the same styles recolored over and over so tired of rolled up skinny jeans.
Cynna1065
5 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17513170" wrote:

Actually yes. I believe they said some time back that the majority of players are teenage girls and that they prefer to play with female Sims. This is why each pack adds majority female clothing.

I agree with you that it would be nice to have more male clothes and also beards and facial hairs.

True. But who are those teen girls hooking their Sims up with? I should think that they would want their excruciatingly beautiful, dressed to the nines avatars to have equally fashionable partners. ;)