Men - The New Women Alert (Debbie Schlussel Slams New L'Oreal Girly Men Product Care Line Alert)

Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 10/07/05 | Debbie Schlussel

[goldstategop]

Men--the New Women--Alert By Debbie Schlussel

On this site, we've been following--with dismay--the ever increasing feminization of men in America. Two items, this week, are part of the continuing crisis:

* USA Today's Sports Section has been running full-page ads, like the one on page 6C on Tuesday, for L'oreal's new men's beauty line, called, "Men's Expert."

The products sound like they are for women. I find it a bit odd for any man to use "Circle Eraser Anti-Dark Circle Eye Moisturizer," or "Stop Lines Anti-Lines Moisturizer," or "Vita Lift Anti-Wrinkle and Firming Moisturizer"--all of which are part of L'Oreal's new line for women . . . I mean, "men." If "Vita Lift" sounds familiar, that's because "Vita Lift" started out as a L'Oreal Women's product and still is one.

L'Oreal for "Men" Invades the Sports Pages Then, there is the "Power Buff Anti-Roughness Exfoliator." Hello . . . men are supposed to be rough. No man should ever use exfoliator--unless his favorite song is by "The Weathergirls."

They try to make this stuff sound masculine by calling it "the Winning Team." Maybe what they really mean is, "Play for the OTHER team." This goop is anything but masculine. Somebody get this stuff off my USA Today Sports section. PLEASE.

And don't go to the L'Oreal men's website, unless you want to hear bad, effeminate Yanni-style music and see gay models. It's no coincidence that L'Oreal is FRENCH.

Cole & Dylan Sprouse: New Girlie-Boy Version of the Olsen Twins * Then, there are the Olsen Twins. The greedy gazillionaire girls are not satisfied with their gazillions--which apparently are not enough. So, to make even more, the've hired a new, younger set of girl twins to replace them as the spokesmodels of their Dualstar company. Except that the girl twins are really boys. They just look like girls. And it's by design.

The Olsen Twins told the Wall Street Journal that these girlie-boy twins will be marketing male beauty products for young boys like the ones L'Oreal is shoving onto men's sports pages. The male beauty industry for girlie-men is now cradle to grave.

Somebody stop them.

[gopwinsin04]

[albee]

"Brian Kilmeade on Fox uses a man bag."

So do I! It's got my testicles in it!

DING-DING-DING!!!!!

We have a winner!

LOL!!!

[SuperSonic]

"I call them girlie men."

[EGPWS]

On this site, we've been following--with dismay--the ever increasing feminization of men in America. Two items, this week, are part of the continuing crisis:

I am what I am and just trying to convince me otherwise will be a life's experience to the "tryer".

[maxwellp]

As a woman I like the men I see when TV shows coverage of our marvelous military fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. They seem quite marvelous. And I don't think they are bothering with cologne, make-up or manicures. The American military has the best MEN. God Bless them and keep them.

[TaxRelief]

The Code of the Retrosexual Man :

A Retrosexual man, no matter what the women insists, PAYS FOR THE DATE.

A Retrosexual man opens doors for a lady. Even for the ones that fit that term only because they are female.

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not use more hair or skin products than a woman. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Retrosexuals need an endcap (possibly 2 endcaps if you include shaving goods.)

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be. This falls under the "Dealing with IT" portion of The Code.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "*****" in the title. Example..."***** Eye for the Straight Guy" The censor took care of this 'un...

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV.

A Retrosexual should not give up excessive amounts of manliness for women. Some is inevitable, but major reinvention of yourself will only lead to you becoming a froo-froo little puss, and in the long run, she ain't worth it.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak treechipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.

A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie -- and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can -- or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexual may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is cussing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

When a Retrosexual is on a crowded bus and or a commuter train, and a pregnant woman, heck, any woman gets on, that Retrosexual stands up and offers his seat to that woman, then looks around at the other so-called men still in their seats with a disgusted "you punks" look on his face.

A Retrosexual knows how to say the Pledge properly, and with the correct emphasis and pronunciation. He also knows the words to the Star Spangled Banner

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged or in a serious healthy relationship - i. e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (heck, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride in a snow bank.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. Wherever it lands is where he darn well wanted it to land.

A Retrosexual will give up his seat on a bus to not only any women but any elderly person or person in military dress (except 2nd Lt's) NOTE: The person in military dress may turn down the offer but the Retrosexual man will ALWAYS make the offer to them and thank them for serving their country.

A Retrosexual man doesn't need a contract -- a handshake is good enough. He will always stand by his word even if circumstances change or the other person deceived him.

A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT !

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

There is no better undercover holster than The Wilderness Safepacker model. It literally hides in plain sight, especially if you drape a pair of music headphones through the webbing. In these crazy times the last thing someone needs is sheeple running around screaming that someone has a gun.

The substantial velcro pocket provides plenty of extra space for keys, money, and identification. If you already have traditional holsters, this is a great item to add to your collection for maximum versatility.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Calpernia]

>>>>As a woman I like the men I see when TV shows coverage of our marvelous military fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Remember this cutie!

No cologne there!

[DumpsterDiver]

The Plumbers' Friend.

Follow that up with an application or two of this and you're good to go.

[Atlantic Bridge]

I am simply too sexy for that stuff:

Real men have the aura of diesel oil.

[ThreePuttinDude]

My Gawd....what the hell does that machine get to do?

[Constitutional Patriot]

"No real man would ever fall for this crap. What is this world coming to?"

Exactly. This is why there is no market for this crap except for the blue states...

[Atlantic Bridge]

Digging earth, felling trees... I have a few of those. If you want to see more pics of this (very old) one:


http://www.beckhelmschrott.de/Schurfraupe_Pics/Beraumung_eines_Fischteiches/beraumung_eines_fischteiches.html

[ThreePuttinDude]

That looks like one MEAN machine. My father was an engineer for
Internation Harvestor Heavy Equipment about 20 years ago.
He has since passed away.
He was a member of a team that designed heating/cooling for
for the transmissions of big earthmovers. I was able to see
some of his blueprints for some of the machines and it has
always fascinated me how these things are manufactured.

Great pictures, thanks.

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers. Thanks for the ping!

[Atlantic Bridge]

That is funny! I learned driving caterpillars in the 80ties on a International Harvester Company IHC Drott TD9 out of the sixties:

The TD9 was not bad since she was quite fast, if the operator on it was no complete dumbass. BTW - I was 15 years old then and it would be still a pleasure to take a ride through a excavation pit with this machine from Wausau/Wisconsin. Later I studied civil engineering and architecture. This is the reason that I have only little time left to drive my monsters (I have a few) by myselves in my firm since I have to lead my construction sites.

:-)

[Mr. Jeeves]

This is why there is no market for this crap except for the blue states...

I don't know...the younger women I know have fallen hard for this trend, and have been convinced by the media to prefer well-waxed, non-threatening boy-men. L'Oreal is just being smart here - the metrosexual era has a lot of life left in it.

[Dan from Michigan]

I never even heard of half of this trash.

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping...And Homosexual Agenda Ping.

Odd, odd, odd. Men trying to be all prettified like women, and women wanting to be tough and butch and be firemen. What do you think? I think people are very, very confused. The "gay" agenda promoters love it - some claim there is no such thing as actual gender [which word is supposed to refer to parts of speech, not human beings, but everyone uses it like this], or that there are five of them. One of the hateful bills that Schwarzegger in his perfidy signed the other day included no discrimination to "perceived gender".

It's gone mad, stick a fork in it. In the effort to squeeze that last drop of pleasure from what is actually the vehicle of the soul, people have actually gone barking mad.

Freepmail me if you want on/off the M.A. list, and me AND DirtyHarryY2K if you want on/off the H.A. list.

Note: Another interesting point is that people who want to rebel against natural law (and ultimately the Author of natural law) have to go further and further away from what used to be called objective reality. Objective reality is actually hated by those who live in utter rebellion against God.

[oyez]

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