I read yesterday some comments about a couple of guys being hesitant to use a parasol. I started to use a parasol a month a go. This is what I have learned, hope they can at least try it a week and see the difference themselves because this heat is not ending anytime soon:
1. Nobody cares if men walk with parasols, and if they do you cant really see them anyway. But when its 12:00, the sun at its highest and every single step hurts while walking under it, it should be the ones with parasols giving weird looks to the ones who don’t have.
2. Friends who made fun of me started to walk with me with parasols as well (lol), but only when walking with me. At first they called me “sissy, girl, old lady, gay…” then the “joke” got old. Little later they started to do the same and stop caring if anybody else tells them something.
3. Even its 40C I don’t sweat a lot (I only sweat where the bags touches the shirt)
4. My head never hurts because of the heat
5. I smell less (cause I sweat less)
6. Skin on arms and face is not as dark as before
7. Prevents skin cancer and heat stroke
8. The portable umbrella-parasol works great with sun and rain, its not heavy and doesn’t take too much space in my bag
9. Due to my job I have to walk between 2km-4km everyday between 10:00 to 14:00, it makes a huge difference.
Give it a try! You wont be less of a man because of walking with a parasol. Your day will change completely, I swear. Just try it ONCE. If you hate it that much go back to the cap and sunglasses.