i'm done with the sims

"Pamtastic72;c-17817112" wrote:
Part of the problem, I think, is even in real life male fashion is pretty “samey” if you get what I mean. Men tend to wear a few basic items:

• T-Shirts
  
• Jeans
  
• Shorts
  
• Button down shirts
  
• Sweatshirts/hoodies
  
• Polo shirts
  
• Suit/Sport Jackets
  
• Trousers
  
• Khakis
  
• Athletic shoes
  
• Sandals/Flip flops
  
• Dress shoes
  
• Deck shoes
  

Pajamas, socks, underwear, and the occasional tuxedo aside that’s really it. So I guess designing new assets can seem really repetitive and they’re always getting raked over for “reskinning” objects/assets it’s not easy keeping things fresh, and when they did try some avant-garde men’s fashion in Romantic Garden Stuff, and City Living people threw a fit calling it unwearable and unusable so they’re kind of between a rock and a hard place. Because they have covered and recovered the basic ground of men’s fashion in CAS and when they try something new or different it gets panned mercilessly.

This! I get the disappointment and desire to have more male clothing in CAS, but it really is more of a cultural/societal thing than outright sexism on Maxi's part.

I (as a young adult in the US) can't remember ever seeing a male wearing anything other than what you mentioned. And not only do males tend to wear the same styles over and over but they tend to wear a pretty limited color palette as well.

• Red
  
• Black
  
• White
  
• Gray
  
• Blue
  
• Green
  
• Brown
  
• Tan/beige
  

And there are only so many different shades too.

That's not to say there aren't males who wear purple and pink, or even orange and yellow but those are far and few between. And (not being judgmental here) most males who tend to wear traditionally more "feminine" colors like pink and purple are considered gay, whether they are or not. It's just the way (at least western) society works.

Let's face it...most straight men wouldn't dare wear a pink crop top and high waisted flare jeans. (And I say this as a woman who wouldn't wear an outfit like this.) Or at least not out in public. Is it "right?" No, not by any means. Does it stink? Yes, very much so. But is it the reality we live in? Unfortunately yes.

For those who want to make more "flamboyant" males, you can literally just remove the feminine filter from the clothing and you have all the same options we do.

Unless society changes their ways completely (which is very doubtful) I don't think we're going to get a wider variety for males in CAS anytime soon. And if most people are just going to use the "normal" male clothes anyway, or throw a fit whenever something more "out there" is made then it's just a waste of time for the design team to make anything other than the "same old" stuff. And then if people are going to complain about the reskinning/recolor of the x number of t-shirts we already have then what's the point of trying to make new clothes for males?

Before anybody comes at me: I agree that more effort could be put into male CAS. Heck, I'd love to have more non crop tops for females in the Sims. But from a design perspective: it's not about being sexist, it's about what's worth the design team's time and effort.