King in Queen's Clothing?

[TheGeepster]

Rise of the Metrosexual (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/10/1047144914842.html)
Metrosexuality (http://www.gothamist.com/archive/002738.php)
Definitions (http://www.wordspy.com/words/metrosexual.asp)
Meet the metrosexual (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/07/22/metrosexual/)

I have heard of this relatively new phenomona in the past couple of days. I've heard that it was called the "new masculinity", and I've also heard that the look is hated by many women and homosexual men.

I ponder what the difference is between this and the "GQ" look which is either loved or hated by most.

Any thoughts or opinions on this? I know it will introduce an amount of confusion in areas where the lifestyle has taken hold, especially in a day of so many stereotypes (despite political correctness.)

[Fiyerstorm]

To be honest, I think there's nothing wrong for guys to fix themselves up to look better. It probably makes them feel more confident in themselves and have the courage to ask a girl out, or something.

I can see why gay people don't like it, they may get confused, lol.

And over here, a lot of guys fix themselves up. A lot of guys I know shave their legs and stuff. I wouldn't though, only if I played sports.:blah:

[carrot red]

There's a big difference between wearing a nicely pressed suit, having your hair styled, wearing a nice watch, and having all of your hygiene in order, and going overboard. There is also a difference between having to be perfectly fixed up all the time and knowing when to dress for success, and knowing when you can just relax in a t-shirt and jeans.

When I see men getting manicures, getting facials, plucking eyebrows, applying makeup, putting on more moisturizers and lotions than a 40 year old woman, it makes me sick.

There is a difference between making sure your nails are neatly trimmed and your cuticles pushed back, and getting a full manicure.

There is a difference between making sure your face is clean and not too oily and giving yourself facials and applying makeup.

There is a difference between making sure you skin isn't as rough as steel wool and covering yourself with so much lotion and moisturizer you look like a porcelain doll.

When I see a man with perfectly manicured and smooth hands, the first thing that comes to my mind is *Wuss*.

The natural order of things is for the female to attract the male, and the male to be the initiator. When men start being obsessive about attracting the women, they are further confusing the dating scene as we know it.


I think there's a definite issue of degree here in that there's a difference between taking pride in one's appearance, something that I think we can agree is a good thing, and obsessive vanity, which is not. One of the problems about these articles is that they don't try to make any sort of distinction (probably because they want to make that awful word into a standard label).

[TheGeepster]

I went googling to get a small mix of sources on this.