Can you find any deadly men's fashion trends?

Wearing tight, heavy underwear is not good for men’s health. It’s not deadly to the guy, but it’s deadly to his ‘tadpoles’. I like to wear briefs myself, but I always make sure they’re not too snug, and wear only skimpy briefs made from smooth, stretchy, thin fabric.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir Speaking of foot-binding, my paternal great grandmother had her feet bound as a small girl. She walked with a cane in her later years. Pretty awful.

@MRSHINYSHOES wearing tight briefs and having smaller sperm count is a wise tale. They have nothing to do with each other.

I can’t think of anything deadly to men except that they often went in to battle with clothing that often restricted movement and held no real protection value. Outside of poor suit choices and pants with pleats being the obvious poor style choice I can’t think of anything that caused long term issues.

@judochop Actually, fertility doctors advise men who are trying to father a child not to wear tight underwear for long (extended) periods. Anything that impacts sperm counts, including overheating the testicles, is not good if you want to make a baby.

Perhaps some degree of ill planned piercing, or not so well investigated hair grease may prove hazardous in certain circumstances.

I’m very glad that I wore the proper jock strap and protective cup through my athletic years. I think my children would be just as pleased to learn their existence was dependent upon some thoughtful fore planning. Not pretty when a fella gets the nut cracker. I’ve seen guys fall straight to the floor with knees automatically sucked up to the chest. Hurt em’ so bad they didn’t make a sound. Their eyes just glazed over, and it might be said their spirit actually went somewhere beyond for a few minutes… never to fully return.

I’ve read that tucking and taping to hid genitals and get rid of the bulge can be dangerous.

hide, not hid ^

Wearing rings or bling when working on machinery.

War?

18th century men’s powdered wigs contained toxic substances such as lead. So did makeup (which was worn by both sexes. Women didn’t wear powdered wigs that often, contrary to popular belief).

Hats in the 18th and 19th century were made with mercury, which isn’t really relevant to the wearing of the article itself, but more to the manufacturing of it.

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head (no pun intended).

In Europe, in Shakespeare’s time, the ruff became so elaborate and ridiculously large, that many places began passing laws dictating a maximum size, since they were becoming a hazard to everyone, and people couldn’t fit through doorways. They probably weren’t deadly, but they were dangerous, inconvenient, and very, very silly.

Scarification was traditionally a male ritual in tribal cultures, and could be deadly. The related phenomenon in Germany of duelling scars was likewise dangerous.

Socks with sandals?

Long beards and long hair in general are mortal dangers when working near high speed rotating machinery. I’ve seen the results; I’ll never wear a beard or long hair again.

Deadly? Well…any guy in shorts with socks and sandles, or…wearing a “wife beater” Tee-shirt is deadly to my attraction. lol

I wondered about the danger of codpieces. They were certainly a strange fashion but didn’t seem to cause any harm to men, Ha, I found this article that reveals that they were called “braguettes” in some places. I think that is so funny!! But the weirdest thing I discovered is that they may have not caused death, but actually covered up the symptoms of syphillis. If you choose to read the link, be ready for the gory details, lol.

“Once the fashion of a codpiece had been firmly established by the leaders of the day, many men may have followed suit solely to be in fashion. Codpieces did appear frequently amongst soldiers, however, are they followers or sufferers; fashion victims or disease victims?”
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/The_Codpiece__Social_Fashion_or_Medical_Need.pdf

@Earthgirl GA! Kmberly Clarke might have to rethink their product name. “Incontinence pad” does not have the fashion caché of “Codpiece”. You might have started something. We all know fashion is cyclical. Men’s fashions repeat more slowly than women’s – every 500 years?