wifebeaters Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[sistermagpie]

> Carol responds:
> 
> IOW, since my young author is trying to create a sexy image for her
> twenty-three-year-old male character, she should use a different term?
> What term should she use that won't be offensive or conjure up the
> wrong image?
> 
> Carol, who needs to know how to advise her client

Magpie:
I would think that if the character is 23 the name would be appropriate 
for her intended audience. You can always point out that some people 
are offended by the term and let her decide. I assume she's using 
it "correctly" in terms of this is what it would be called by her 
characters and random people she knows, and we don't know if she's ever 
thought out the name.

Why not just drop the color entirely, pointing out that the two words 
together sound like you're referring to a person? It's kind of classic 
Mary-Sue author to over-describe everyone's clothes.

-m