Hold the quiche: Manly men are back

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | April 7, 2005 | Amy Doolittle

[neverdem]

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The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com

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Hold the quiche: Manly men are back

By Amy Doolittle
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published April 7, 2005

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Women want the "man" back in "manly," a Harris Interactive survey shows. The rough-and-ready attitude is in, women say, while the manicured "metrosexual" look is on the way out.

    A full 61 percent of women surveyed said they would rather see a man's hands rough and working hard than well-manicured, a slap in the face to the extreme-makeover, suave-guy crowd.

    Ninety-two percent of women said dependability is a desirable characteristic in an ideal mate. Only 16 percent chose "fashionable," and 62 percent chose "strong" as a desirable characteristic.

    The Harris survey was commissioned by Dodge Trucks. The results, researchers say, are a testimony to the enduring power of sex roles on society.

    "It just shows that there are some things that you can't change and that, while feminism for a long time has been pushing us towards androgyny with little girls with trucks and guys with dolls, women tend to have feministic traits and guys the opposite," says Carrie Lukas, director of policy with the Independent Women's Forum. "If anything, it shows what feminism hasn't been able to accomplish."

    The Harris survey was conducted among 1,003 men and 1,128 women 18 or older from across the United States. Among the findings:

    •75 percent of women said their ideal man buys his grooming products at a grocery store or drugstore, not a salon.

    •72 percent of women said their ideal man spends his free time doing home-improvement projects.

[oceanperch]

Ok I may be a bit biased on this subject....

But I have my bathroom 4x8 cell and if I had a Mister he would have the de-humidefier garage for his toys.

I know I am lousy at this male stuff.

But.....I love being a quiet sombering woooman smelling your flesh of Masculinity.

BTW I am an over the hill chaste fat woman.... but still love Manly Men even if I am an old geezer.

[thefactor]

Dodge trucks did the survey. 'nough said. "Women want manly. Hey! Our trucks are manly. What a coincidence!"

Here in NYC, girls don't care about manly. They care about the color of your AMEX card, brand of shoe you wear and the size of your...income.

[RandallFlagg]

Why did you do that?!?

I have a few pints of Cherokee/Apache slamming through my veins; enough to make it difficult to grow shapable facial hair. I'm trying to shape it to branch out from the moustache area and trail down to the chin, and then up the jawline.
But I can't even grow sideburns!
Bald arms. Bald chest.
I'm all skrooed up.

[Oberon]

Actually, real men can very occasionally eat quiche, if it is liberally doused in Texas Pete and accompanied by a cold beer from the can.

[Neoliberalnot]

It is sad that America has largely succumbed to the feminization process. It has been going down for 30 years led by the likes of Gloria Steinem, the old concubinem et al. Some of us dinosaurs resisted and have pointed out for decades men are not women.

I like the Kimber .45--check with law enforcement. It is now the pistol of choice.

[Rytwyng]

Men NEED Women--Women NEED Men; it's IN the Genes Jeans!!

[strongbow]

Note to Washington Times: We never left.

[Salamander]

Bummer, man....:-\

A buddy of ours is half Nez Perce and half Irish.
He's currently working on a passable goatee.....:)

[Salamander]

I think that's otherwise known as a western omelet...:))

[familyop]

"Ninety-two percent of women said dependability is a desirable characteristic in an ideal mate."

So they want to be dependent rather than independent of their marriage responsibilities again?

Then they should change the divorce and DV laws to allow that again. Otherwise...no deal. Woman can have the SNAGs (sensitive New Age guys), and real men will be smart enough to stay away from marriage/cohabitation/stating their real names.