Dude, I'm not taking sides here, but listen to yourself, this how you talk to people?

I think the ethnocentric & racist implications in there are pretty glaring obvious, and you don't even have to look outside the US to notice how very blindingly white that perspective is...

I'm sorry, but fuck this. I share the dislike for the kind of attitude that certain men have about tacky jewelry being a good way to attract chicks, for sure (and I'm also sympathetic to some of the aesthetic objections). But it's incredibly bad, on a more basic level, to promote these kind of limiting and repressing…

As a gay man I don't care what does or does not attract women.

That's a dope ring

Protip: if your essay starts with the idea "men should" or "women should" and ends with anything other than medical advice pertaining to their man/woman parts, you can stop right there.

Here are the real rules to men's jewelry:

Christ, this article. This. Article. The classic hallmarks of bad Gawker Media writing almost all on display. An anecdotal story mistaken not for a personal mundane incident but an illustration of a much larger (imaginary) phenomenon. Use of self-deprecation to at once absolve yourself of expert status while…

Shut the fuck up. I don't wear jewelry but I'll do what I want. You're not the boss of me.

Counterpoint:

Intended Effect: This is my grandfather's chain and charm, signifying his and my culture.

Wear whatever the hell you want and if you take the advice of some hack columnist, you need help.

I wear one. It's sturdy enough not to be feminine but thin enough that it sits under my shirt without anyone noticing. It's for me and no one else. I also wear a wedding ring and a watch. And hell, I always know who I'm taking home at the end of the night, and the jewelry hasn't cock blocked me yet.

I have a better idea. How about we just let men and women wear, do, act, work and fuck whoever they want?

Hmmmn. I'd say your treatise convinced me to no longer wear my CritSuccess r20 ring, but it's prompted too many conversations, and I've had too much fun explaining my nerdy gaming hobby for that to be true.

Besides, I'm happily married to a fellow nerd. I gain nothing by removing it.

So this guy had the fortitude and follow-through to keep in touch for a decade, sufficiently at least to make it normal for him to contact you about meeting up, and his reward was you stealing his shit because you didn't like his style? I agree whole heartedly that men should keep the jewelry to a minimum, and rings…

I wear my college ring for me, not you. Hope that helps.

We should all wear whatever the hell we want. Despite the title of this article, that's what real adults do. So, if you have a class ring and it makes you look and feel good, go for it.

Am I allowed to tell women what they can't/shouldn't wear now?