{"id":1342,"date":"2011-11-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2013-06-19T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T16:55:57","slug":"why-would-a-gay-man-wear-cowboy-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"Why Would a Gay Man Wear Cowboy Boots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-78MZ9BjJGOg\/TrJxSHpnxHI\/AAAAAAAADL8\/PobchnSbfBE\/s400\/Whywould.jpg?resize=400%2C78\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Yes, another lovely internet search landed a visitor to this blog, with the query: &#8220;why would a gay man wear cowboy boots?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Man, I have blogged about this a lot, but in this post I will avoid jumping to conclusions about implied stereotypes and answer it seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Why would a gay man wear cowboy boots?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIf he&#8217;s like me, he likes the style, fit, and comfort. <\/p>\n<p>He may like that cowboy boots are attractive, and offer a different style from the typical bland and boring black or brown dress shoes or sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>He may like the fact that cowboy boots can be made from different types of skins besides leather &#8212; snake, lizard, ostrich, alligator, and so forth. Classy and distinctive styles of boots make a great appearance.<\/p>\n<p>He may like the fact that cowboy boots have a higher heel than traditional shoes or sneakers, so he appears a bit taller, which can help some guys who lack confidence.<\/p>\n<p>He may like how they sound when he walks.  A distinctive &#8220;boot clunk&#8221; is music to some guys&#8217; ears.<\/p>\n<p>He may like that other people notice. Straight guys wear cowboy boots to attract women. Gay guys wear cowboy boots to attract a certain kind of man &#8212; often, a confident, secure, masculine man. If that&#8217;s the type of man a gay guy is looking for, then he wouldn&#8217;t be caught dead wearing flip-flops, sandals, or crocs.<\/p>\n<p>He may be a non-conformist &#8212; I sure am.  I hate dress shoes, and do not own any and will not wear them. Yuck.  But that is my personal opinion.  <\/p>\n<p>Why would a gay man wear cowboy boots?  The ultimate answer:  WHY NOT?<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear cowboy boots to work, in daily life, and anywhere other than while riding a motorcycle. In that case, wear motorcycle boots.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, another lovely internet search landed a visitor to this blog, with the query: &#8220;why would a gay man wear cowboy boots?&#8221; Man, I have blogged about this a lot, but in this post I will avoid jumping to conclusions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1342\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cowboy-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}