Metrosexuals Come Out (marketing to the new feminized man)

New York Times ^ | 06/22/03 | WARREN ST. JOHN

[right way right]

Metrosexual a new word that means pretentious snobbish girly man.

[GOP Jedi]

The fonts recall the masculinity of an old barber shop, but a funny picture of a goat on the label implies, he said, something out of the ordinary.

Ah, yes, the metrosexual and his GOAT. It gives him an air of mystery, don't you know: could he be?

There's been a trend along these lines in Tokyo for years. Some guys shave all their body hair off (except for scalp and eyelashes), which is an odd trend considering how few Japanese men are actually hirsute.

I don't think Joe Sixpack is gonna embrace the metrosexual lifestyle for one important reason: he doesn't make a metrosexual salary.

[Drew68]

Well I am a little ashamed. I paid $14 for a double of Glen Rothes single malt, a whiskey that is so delicious and smooth, it makes Macallan 12-year taste like it was brewed from used sweat socks and gravel.

I once paid $20 for a shot of 25 year-old Macallan just to know what a $20 shot of scotch whisky tastes like.

I was not disappointed.

Of course, whisky is a man's drink. So is bourbon. So is tequila.

Only faggy men drink mixed vodka drinks.

Gonna take some heat for that last comment fer shure!

[Dan from Michigan]

@#^#! Bwahahahahahahhaahhaah. That's a blast from the past.

[Oschisms]

into Diesel jeans, interior design, yoga and Mini Coopers, and who would never think of ordering a vodka tonic without specifying Grey Goose or Ketel One.

I don't know what the heck minicoopers are, don't wear diesel jeans and I'm more partial to Stoli or Absolut Mandrin in my tonic water.

But with the yoga and interior design I still sound like a rump ranger. Guess I'll haveta find some gaysex on the weekends. Or start drinkin' Wild Turkey again.

[Drew68]

Only faggy men drink mixed vodka drinks.

Unless it is a Bloody Mary and it is consumed in the morning!

[Dan from Michigan]

I gotta call into the show for this one. I tried calling in for the AW ban show. Couldn't do it.

[Rytwyng]

a team of five gay men "transform a style-deficient and culture-deprived straight man from drab to fab

Wearing work boots, flannels, and blue jeans 24/7 is NOT a sign of me being "style-deprived", it's normal male work wear. And I'm most assuredly not "culture deprived", in fact I'm a much more loyal, knowledgeable upholder and defender of American and Western culture, than those poor pathetic saps.

Sodomites have NOTHING to teach me about anything whatsoever.

They'd do well, instead, to abandon both their sodomite sin, and the unnatural sense of "style" that goes with it, and adopt my "rednecked" ways.

[Rytwyng]

"Now it's all, `Gee thanks, I'm straight but I'm really flattered.'

A real man would be mortally offended.

[Rytwyng]

asked by a friend in marketing to be part of a focus group of "metrosexuals" — straight urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides.

Marketing is the root of all evil. Read Dilbert regularly, soon you'll understand.

[Rytwyng]

asked by a friend in marketing to be part of a focus group of "metrosexuals" — straight urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides.

Marketing is the root of all evil. Read Dilbert regularly, soon you'll understand.

[lizma]

If I ever share his state of mind, I encourage you to shoot me.

LOL! I'd be willing to shoot any guy in this state of mind, especially if he's the one my daughter brings home.

The thought of a guy thinking about whether his shaving gels contain Roman chamomile, gotu kola and green tea totally grosses me out.

As God as my witness, I will, from now on, never complain when my husband comes into dinner, after working outside all day and smells to high heaven. At least he doesn't say "Daaaarling, please hold of our meal until I've had my chamomile bath and my gotu kola shave".

The older I get, the better I get at counting my blessings.

[sandpit]

My husband went into a fit when he ran out of shaving cream and had to use the pink stuff for ladies. He said it smelled like girly stuff. It took a lot of coaxing to get him to wear pastel golf shirts. He eats dinner in is underwear in front of the TV. He also leaves his dirty socks in the floor in front of the coffee table. (I put up with these habits because he works 70 hours a week and turns the paycheck over to me.)
He'll never be mistaken for a sissy.

[Drew68]

I don't know what the heck minicoopers are

A truly manly automobile. </sarcasm>

I see them all over downtown Denver. Have yet to see a male driving one though.

[ffusco]

A really good single malt is like nectar.

[ffusco]

Martinis are pretty damn manly!

Holding the glass makes you feel like Sinatra.

[DuncanWaring]

Yeah, what kind of name is "Karru", anyway?

"Sue" was already taken.

[Drew68]

Martinis are pretty damn manly!

I know, I know! I was only kidding! ;-)

Actually, I don't mind shots of good vodka after it has been in the freezer for a while.

It'll send a chill down your spine as it warms your face.

[Russian Sage]

sigh..., I use rubbing alcohol for after-shave and Dial for shampoo...

[Ruth A.]

...dashing men like Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart who managed to affect a personal style with plenty of hair goop but without compromising their virility

That "hair goop" was akin to tucking shirts in: it was part of being fully dressed and presentable to the world. The code was so entrenched that I remember my father saying that men parted their hair on one side and jotas parted it on the other. I later laughed inwardly when I heard a man I respect tell a group of young men to comb their hair like men and not part it in the middle.

JFK did not groom his hair properly and let it go wild. That was indicative of the mess to come. (Does Brad Pitt really think he looks attractive with shoulder-length hair?) Tom Cruise is older than Clark Gable was when he filmed GWTW, but you can't convince of that. The former is a perennial boy and the latter will always be a man.