Code-X (82)
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November 22, 2015
Call this menswear code: SEXY DAD.
Definition: “Give props to pops”: That’s it, in a nutshell. Child as prop, enhancing Pop’s masculine allure. He’s macho and rugged, but nurturing and sensitive. The complete package.
Notes on this code: “We have not pushed hard enough to put men in traditionally female roles — that is where our priority should lie now.” (New York Times Sunday Review cover story, “Men’s Lib!”, by Richard V. Reeves and Isabel V. Sawhill, 11/14/2015).
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