Now, a Man's World Is at the Spa or Salon

New York Times ^ | 3/28/04 | New York Times

[qam1]

Sorry But Real men don't get pedicures

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Metrosexuals are so five minutes ago.

[qam1]

Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social aspects that directly effects Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1982) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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[CindyDawg]

I see guys getting pedicures where I go. I can't imagine my husband even being in the salon much less getting his toe nails done :')

[GraniteStateConservative]

No, but I'll take any massage I can get. They can use hot stones or whatever. Taking a nap while it's done is even more manly.

[longtermmemmory]

"""said that those born after the mid-1960s were changing the definition of what it means to be a man."""""


The left continues to pansy the men of america. Men have not changed, manhood has not changed. The sissyboys have just stopped being afraid of having the cr*p pounded out of them.

[NYC GOP Chick]

"Just because I'm sensitive and get massages doesn't mean I'm a metrosexual," said Galioto, who took the spa trip last fall after leaving his job as a vice president at a consulting firm.

True. It could also mean that you're a Barry Manilow fan...

[Clemenza]

REAL MEN GO TO BARBERSHOPS DAMMIT!!!

(There are still plenty of those in NYC. My guy charges $8 and has copies of Maxim, Playboy and Guns & Ammo).

[longtermmemmory]

perhaps the left is trying to make Gen X as the generation with no Y chromosome.

[sticker]

If a real man takes his shoes off in public, a HazMat team shows up.

[Spok]

Massages without sex? Geez, times HAVE changed...

[NYC GOP Chick]

For the retro-sexual ping list?

[TXBSAFH]

Call me when they start serving premium lager at these places.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get the subtle message -- you're a manly man! ;D

[the OlLine Rebel]

I really don't know what the big deal is. Any1 who has real respect for themselves and any1 else, too, should try to look their best; it shows effort. I'm sorry, but I don't like the idea (as I know this kind of thread will bring out of the woodwork) that the beer-swilling bimbo-blathering "Neanderthals" are the "real" men. They're idiots. I'll take a "sharp-dressed man" any day.

And just as a "take that", I dare any1 to call "girly men" the men of the Founding period, whom I know people like to call "funny-dressed" and "painted" and thus somehow "gay". Truth is these guys would've sliced and diced you.

Not to mention the latter-day Scots and long-ago ancient peoples like Romans in their "skirts". Call them girly-men? I think not!

[panaxanax]

"Sorry But Real men don't get pedicures"

Unfortunately, I think the only REAL MEN are us old-timers. The only nail treatment I get is when I chew the nail off until it bleeds.

What's it going to be like when we're gone? Can you imagine how fem a metro's boys are going to be?

BTW, what's up with this guy's back? If those are moles, he better see a Dr. today!

[CindyDawg]

Nah, I think it's genetic. "Real" men seem to raise "real" sons. Yall may be endangered but hardly on the verge of extinction :')

[lonevoice]

"A Man's World Is at the Spa or Salon"

"Oh, really?"

[Tax-chick]

What you said! Until the 1950's, the average working "slob" was better dressed in public than the over-groomed punks today. Shave, guys, and then put on a suit and a hat!

My teenage daughter and I were swooning over the clothes in "The Sting" the other night ... "Why doesn't Daddy wear a sharp suit and a pearl grey fedora, Mama?" "Because nerdz have to be 'casual,' dear; it's part of their Act. I don't like it, either."

[jtminton]

I have a 22 month old son. After his bath at night, my wife will take and put some baby lotion stuff on him. Yesterday afternoon he brought me the bottle because he wanted some on his hands. I spent the rest of the day in my room.