Hello, androgyny
Finally, someone for metrosexuals to make fun of:
Hello Kitty, the white cat with the bulbous head and crooked pink bow from Japan's Sanrio Co., will soon be on T-shirts, bags, watches and other products targeting young men, according to The Associated Press.
"We think Hello Kitty is accepted by young men as a design statement in fashion," said company spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu.
As if being, on average, shorter than most wasn't hard enough, now Japanese men are expected to carry cartoon-cat handbags.
Why not just put them in pink dresses and complete the gender re-assignment.
"Young men these days grew up with character goods," said Tohmatsu.
"That generation feels no embarrassment about wearing Hello Kitty."
Yeah, well maybe they should.
Embarrassment and ridicule are the only tools society has to keep this sort of thing from happening.
It's the reason I don't go to work dressed as Little Bo Peep (anymore).