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.
"I can't figure out why Bo Flex can't find a man with a little hair on his chest to advertise their product."
It's simple. Most body builders shave their bodies in order to make it easier to see their muscles. For the same reason, these models shave their hair. Makes the product look more impressive.
I am almost positive that she is the "Deb" who posted here regularly in '98 and '99.
" at least to my taste, I am not enticed by Chewbacca.."
I am. The feel of crisp hairs against my skin is a huge turnon. I can't stand a man's skin that's softer than mine!
I think the last president with facial hair was Taft. Why is this?
Basketball is a sport best played by men. On the other hand, synchronized swimming is best when done by women and being very careful about one's appearance is the natural role of women and not men.
She's 'gotta be a little wild too... I've heard her on Stern's show. She's pretty passionate about her politics.
And of course the "high end" women are the only ones worth catching, aren't they? *Sigh* A lot of the men spending all this time and money in pursuit of a very small pool of women who will be looking at their bank balance more than their waxed legs, are missing some lovely, attractive, interested women who would like them the way God made them -- but are jeered at and mocked as Not Good Enough.
The joke at my gym is that a world without men would be full of happy women with curves going shopping.
This article is so true....just walk down the streets of Manhattan.....no wonder most of them voted for HIllary....she's more man than they are.....
Thanks for the Pic,
Debbie is totally hot!
I'll second the idea that facial shaving is the only regular shaving men should do. I had to shave one ankle in HS to have tape put on for wrestling (bad sprain in football). The first time I did it, I bounced the dang razor all the way up my shin! Ouch!
Always quite happy with my mustache .... but there was a time (actively "social") when I would have been glad to let this "beauty shop" have a go at my back. ;-)
The pursuit of high end women are what rich guys do instead of sports.
Because if you have hair on your chest/stomach, the definition isn't as noticeable which is what they want on their ads for health products.... which is why all the men models used to sell such things look like twinks.
Do you think it was a coincidence that the metrosexual look was introduced and then pushed during the 2004 campaign? When you think metrosexual who comes to mind? Bush? Kerry? I haven't heard much about it since then.
There is absolutely no purpose to the necktie except to inject a measure of fear into the act of eating a perfectly good plate of pasta or bowl of soup.
Having pretty much grown up on a pool deck, I'm somewhat partial to slickness, but I keep wondering with waxing in vogue if the time honored tradition of swimmers and water polo players getting together to shave down and stop up the sink is in danger.
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