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This whole Retrosexual term and idea was first brought to my attention by a Freeper named ExSoldier who commented to an article written by One Vike that posted at Freerepublic titled, "Sorry Obama but Women Desire Real Men".  I looked around for the genesis of this list and found out from Michelle Malkin site that the author of the Retrosexual Code is Grau Magus, whose anti-metrosexual manifesto has made the rounds on of the Internet and eventually took on a life of its own.  Now you can find the list in many places and with many various points added...

I love men. No, not like that (well … maybe a little). I love men because they're rough, tough, practical, logical and don't mind taking out the garbage. I love how men are sensible and no nonsense, the way their minds churn out useful, obvious solutions to problems that baffle me, the way they operate by logic rather than emotion. I love the way they stay calm and focused under situations that send me into a chicken-running-around panic. I love their protective instinct. Yes, men can be aggressive and violent, but there is also a time and place for that,...

Metrosexuals may have had their 15 minutes of fame. The cultural pendulum is swinging back to manly men. Aaron Swan is a guy's guy. He's a personal trainer. He drinks beer with his buds at Whiskey's on the weekends. He's a big Red Sox fan. Jack Bauer, who tortures terrorists on the television drama "24," is one of his heroes. Why? "He doesn't really follow the rules. He doesn't have time for the petty stuff," says Swan, 23. "Jack Bauer does whatever he has to do to get the job done." The man's man may have seemed MIA in recent...

The Retrosexual Code OK folks, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world! Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement. The...

Retrosexuals: A New Kind of Man by The Idea Man May 4, 2004 Please allow me to vent. I have had it! I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more! Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual -- bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world! Real men of the world, stand up, scratch, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start...