"PenguinFoop;c-18066010" wrote:
"Omri147;c-18065982" wrote:
That is an interesting topic that is actually not talked about in relation to The Sims these days.
At first I was answering the questions in the first post, but I keep going out of topic so I'll just post in general.
I guess I define masculinity (and femininity) as some kind of a spectrum. One person can dress more masculine (buttonup shirts, T-shirt and jeans, heavy boots, 'muscle shirts, masculine underwear/swimwear) or have more stereotypically masculine traits, hobbies and professions (sports/exercise, woodworking, more manual stuff) and that applies to any gender. Another person would be less interested in 'masculine stuff', or maybe a mix of both masculine and feminine.
My Sims do anything they want really. Some of my 'manly men' Sims are really stereotypical but I just have a soft spot for making male Sims who appear really manly but have hobbies that are considered more 'feminine' like baking or knitting, the 'gentle giant' type of Sim is one of my favorites to make. I especially love pairing them up with Sims who are more stereotypically masculine but are actually noticeably smaller in size. It's the Sims so I can make a very muscular and burly Sim who never actually lifted a weight in their life and loves flower arranging and pair them up with a Sim who works in a physical career like military or athlete that is actually much thinner than them. Love those pairs.
I would like some more manual careers like some Simmers suggested here.
My masculine Sims usually wear the things I mentioned above, but I do make exceptions depends on the Sim's personality. However, I give almost ALL of my male Sims facial hair, I've been doing that since Sims 2. I've always liked facial hair, always had facial hair myself ever since I grew out of the awkward phase in my teenage years, I think it's kind of a face fixer (or improver) so I always enjoy using it. Would always appreciate more options too.
And for body hair, I don't really use CC but CC body hair is something I do use cause it just fits a lot of my Sims. Not all my masculine Sims have body hair though.
I feel like I've kinda been rambling here but I hope that made sense. :sweat_smile:
I think I get what you're saying. Masculine/feminine is more of a state of mind for you, right? Muscles don't make the man, it's personality.
I waited until I had bought every other pack before I broke down and got the knitting one thinking I'd never use it. Now, every teen and older sim have the knitting basket in their inventory. I have everyone learning to knit. (So much for not using it.) I even caught a husband and wife knitting at the same time while watching TV. I didn't tell them to and hadn't had a chance to tell them. They did it naturally and yet somehow, it did not demasculate him in my opinion.
So I guess I'm more interested in traditionally masculine clothes, jobs and hobbies. Of course again, not limited to men.
Yeah it is more like a state of mind but not a linear one, a man is still a man even if he's more sensitive and less masculine. The level of 'masculinity' may differ but it doesn't make anyone any less of a man, women can be masculine too but they're still women, it's mostly just the stereotypical direction they lean into.
Speaking of Nifty Knitting, I liked that the trailer featured a masculine-looking, middle aged man as the main Sim, and no one thinks any less of him just because he has a more 'feminine' hobby. I'd love to see more manly looking men who are LGBT and/or have 'feminine' hobbies/traits/professions in media and people there just don't care, they let them be. I like that the media is showing more cool and independent (wanted to say a cooler word but it got censored) female characters these days but I feel like men don't have that kind of thing often, I'd love to see like a stereotypical manly action hero who just happens to be gay (without forcing him to act more 'stereotypically gay') and simply no one around him thinks any less of him. That's something we just don't see.
