Posted on 08/25/2005 1:05:52 AM PDT by goldstategop
Are Men the New Women?
By Debbie Schlussel
Earlier I wrote about women wanting to call football games--trying to be like men. But today, there are also two news items about men trying to be more like women:
* USA Today has a piece on men and waxing. Eeeuw.
Key Quote of the article: "Waxing makes up 35% to 40% of the business at Joq Day Spa for Men in Atlanta. 'Men are just becoming a lot more conscious of what their body looks like,' spa director Christopher Keever says."
First of all, there shouldn't be a "day spa" for men. Second, anything called the "Joq Day Spa for Men" is only for men whose favorite song is by "The Weathergirls." FYI, "jock" is spelled J-O-C-K, not with a Q. Anyplace that uses a Q, well, again, "The Weathergirls."
* The Detroit Free Press Business Page features this front-pager: "Generation Y Spending Trends: Manicured Men."
The print version of this article has a giant photo of someone named Guido Amato getting a facial. No-one named Guido Amato should be getting a facial. Incidentally, the "men's salon" (isn't "men's salon" an oxymoron?) where he gets his facials is called "Wise Guys." Amato admits he's been called a metrosexual. "When I hear that word, I just think, 'a guy that likes to take care of himself.'" No, Guido, that's NOT what it means.
Highlights, waxed brows, manicure, pedicure. These are the many women's products guys like Guido are now using. Sad.
It's not like there's a fine line between brute and metrosexual. There isn't. These emasculating grooming habits are definitely a turn-off. Unless you live in South Beach.
no,absolutly not. A tailored suit yes, hair was NO.
(apparently too many kids were given the ken doll and not GI joe)
Ah but you can have no paradise without that distinctly female offering that compells us to act stupid for women in the first place.
You mean the cheerleaders at football games, right?
You got that right. I'm one of those twice to three times a week guys. I didn't even shave until I was 25 or so. It's the Indian blood in me, but I ain't complaining. The misses quite enjoys the very smooth face.
Did this person not post from firday evening until Saturday evening?
I will not throw my safety overboard and I will not join our insect nation.
The totally hillarious thing about your post is that Grizzly Adams was about the most leftist, pacifist, vegen, greenie show ever to darken a living room.
I remember you! Wondered where both of the other psuedonyms had gone (they were better posters than you are, though... *grin* j/k). Seriously, though, I've thought about bailing on the screenname, but I'd probably be banned as a troll the first thread I posted on afterwards. RHIP (Rank Hath Its Privileges)...
Ansley hometros.
They look fine. More likely you've bought the Madison Avenue schtick and think that unnaturally skinny and toned people are what's attractive.
Bah, I'm over 40, I know all about ear hair.
I don't get the whole metrosexual thing. All that primping, waxing and moisturizing, sounds like work. I've figured that I've earned every hair on my chest and every grey hair on my head.
mark
Men should wax their backs and hairy arms. But most women like hairy chests, so long as it is well groomed. Bare chests look freakish on Western men.
You are a riot :)
Let's add a bit of a clue for the non-locals. Midtown Atlanta has been a mecca for the queer male set since at least the late-70s. Anyone with any knowledge of the city at all, knows that.
That requires allowing strangers to touch us. We don't even like letting doctors do that. ;)
Joq Day Spa for Men is in Midtown.
True, but he had the look.
Probably could have picked a better example.
waxing? Gross. Give me a man with a little chest hair.
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