A New Breed of Men is Redefining Masculinity

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 9 September 2003 | Kristin Dizon

[Publius]

"Gaydar" is the ability of a person, usually a woman, to determine if a man is gay. "Jamming the gaydar" is sending out so many decoys that the gaydar reports erroneous targets.

[Publius]

...but I weep cause I can't believe Cary Grant needed all this hype...

Right on the money. Cary Grant. Sean Connery. William Powell. Clark Gable.

[Mr. Mojo]

"Metro what?"

[AngryJawa]

"Gaydar" is the ability of a person, usually a woman, to determine if a man is gay. "Jamming the gaydar" is sending out so many decoys that the gaydar reports erroneous targets."

Fag chaff?

[Publius]

Ping. We're having a lot of fun.

[MD_Willington_1976]

In other words you won't find these guys in a logging camp, Pulp & Paper mill, commercial fishing boat or a coal mine...

[Publius]

Unless they're the Monty Python type of lumberjack.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"If any man ever approaches me with a bottle of "moisturizer", he'd better be armed."

Moisterizer?!?

That's what worm guts are for.

[Destructor]

"Metrosexual" males. Translation: Big time wussies!

[Spok]

I keep my saddle blankets in my den just for the ambience. It's particularly aromatic with the right blend of Hoppes #9.

[SamAdams76]

"The girls that I'm attracted to have really nice style and taste. And I guess I can't expect to be with them if I don't pay attention to that stuff too," Van Allen, 33, says.

He enjoys shopping, style magazines, well-cut clothes and moisturizer that costs $40 for a few ounces.

It ain't worth it. The women who are obsessed with such things would dump a guy without a second thought for any reason. And if he is unfortunate enough to marry a girl like that, he'll be taken to the cleaners and then he'll have to apply his moisturizer at the YMCA.

These types of guys have been around for over 200 years at least. Back in the 1800s they even had a word for them - dandies. I work with some of them. Usually they are in sales or admin, you never see this type of male in a working environment. They are rarely at any given job very long because they are generally unproductive, so they always move from job to job. But one thing they have going for them is they interview well. They are so smooth and perfectly dressed that the hiring manager is often tricked into hiring him, thinking he has a great prospect.

I knew one especially obnoxious "metrosexual" type who spent about 18 months in our sales department a few years back. You could smell this guy from across the hallway - all that cologne and who knows, maybe even perfume. Every hair was perfectly in place and his clothes were always from some very expensive specialty store. I think he spent $75 on ties alone and they were never just plain rep ties. No. These were from the Jerry Garcia line or some such catalog. Even on casual Friday's, he'd come in looking like he was showing up for a catalog shoot for Abercrombie & Fitch. I think this guy even pressed his socks and underwear.

But what was most irritating about him was his voice. He must have spent hours practicing at it. He sounded like an English butler and he was the only person I know who would throw French words into his everyday speech. Like de rigeur, oui, and c'est la vie . You just wanted to slap him upside the head to knock some sense into him. But then you'd mess up his hair and he'd probably sue you.

Of course, he didn't sell a damn thing but they kept him on so long because I think the sales manager was a closet gay and liked looking at him (he's now gone too).

Anyway, back to what you were saying, opera is very cool. It's not a sissy thing at all. Especially Wagner, his operas rock. Unless of course, you are talking modern Broadway plays. Now that is a little gay. Especially when they are written by Tim Rice or Barbara Streisand songs are used in them.

I'm a cook too. I don't usually let my wife near the kitchen, especially when it is summertime and I'm using the grill.

[radiohead]

Oh mama! You sound like my kinda man! If women would get serious about what they really need from a guy, it would be someone like you, not some 'candyassed' metrosexual.

All of this attention to the superficial is very off-putting, be it on the part of males or females.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I wonder how many have done a full days work of hard labor like a real man?Do they play with guns or dress their"Barbie"?Damn,this is sickening!

[caisson71]

Ha, now there's a woman after my own heart!

[Dead Dog]

Real men find women who are attracted to them for their interests. Men who define themselves to a woman's interests have lost touch with themselves, they are chamelions.

IMO, this explaines why Honda Civics with fart mufflers replaced the 67 Camaro as THE highschool car of choice...just about the same time being called F@G stopped being an insult.

[3catsanadog]

Could Madison Avenue puh-leeze slow down! I'm still trying to intellectually digest what alpha males and iron men are.

[cyborg]

Why thank you... I would not mind my husband looking like Big Foot as long as he smells clean.

But please no cornrows... I hope Beckham grows out of that. If any Rugby union players start that crap, I will be forced to watch Monday night football.

[FlyVet]

Overdue for my $10 haircut.

Really. I've tried the $25 haircut at one of the "salons" a few times, and I've found that a plain old barbershop haircut looks just as good, if not better. I guess if blowing 60 bucks on a freaking haircut makes you feeeeel better, go for it. Facial and manicure? I have skin lotion and nail clippers at home. I can do it all by myself.

[Centurion2000]

Ritter is absolved due to his cameo on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Allow me to counter with his portrayal of a metrosexual married man in the movie "Real Men" with Jim Belushi.

[TheBigB]

Point. Maybe those even out.