This topic has been coming up quite frequently lately as the invasion of the DL brothers intensify with the black community. What is a Metrosexual…Well it’s generally applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, or whose lifestyles display attributes stereotypically seen among gay men. I personally believe that metrosexuals are two snaps away from being gay. I think I’m still stick in the mindset that men shouldn’t know more about fashion culture unless they have some kind of gay tendency. I just can’t see a straight man shaving him under arms, tweezing his eyebrows, and grooming his private area and most of all wearing jeans tighter than the woman in his company. Lets first get to words origin:
Mark Simpson, a British and outspokenly gay social "commentarist," first published the term in a 1994 article called "Here Come The Mirror Men," which ran in Britain's Independent. The concept was developed thanks to Simpson's book on masculine identity in a media-driven world, called Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity. In a recent interview, Simpson goes on: "Commercially... it makes perfect sense to maintain that metrosexuals are all straight -- after all, advertising is trying to persuade as many men as possible to relax their sphincter muscles, cooing in their ear that there's nothing gay about being fucked by corporate consumerism. Which, ironically, is true."
So what should you look out for, well try to inform yourself about your mans behavior:
"The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis – because that's where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and HIV, they're pretty much everywhere.
The newly popular media and marketing buzzword seems to mean different things to different people, but in general, a metrosexual:
- Is a modern, usually single man in touch with himself and his feminine side
- Grooms and buffs his head and body, which he drapes in fashionable clothing both at work or before hitting an evening hotspot
- Has discretionary income to stay up to date with the latest hairstyles, the newest threads, and the right shaped shoes
- Confuses some guys when it comes to his sexuality
- Makes these same guys jealous of his success with the ladies -- for many metros, to interact with women is to flirt
- Impresses the women who enjoy his company with the details that make the man
- Enjoys reading men's magazines...
Here are a few Metrosexuals in the public eye:
Prince (Of Course), Kanye West, Eddie Murphy, Usher, Lloyd, Omarion, Jamie Fox, Neyo, Tyler Perry, Jay Z, Andre 3000, John Legend, P. Diddy, Chris Brown, Russell Simmons, David Beckham, Brad Pitt, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Bobby Valentino
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Men should be reasonably well groomed and dressed. But what they should never do is cultivate an idiosyncratic style.
A man who dresses for himself instead of his role in the world is not going to be focused on that role: being a man. He has no business around women and should find a male partner.
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