Heterosexual, homosexual and now Metrosexual? What the hell...

AZB · #1 05-17-2006, 04:30 PM

After convincing people that one is heterosexual and certainly not a homosexual (as if its not confusing enough) now we have to worry about yet another term, “metro-sexual”? I had heard this term in NYC but I simply brushed it off as another term for homosexual lifestyle. Then I started to hear more and more of this arcane term from mostly flashy Manhattan Jevito guys with pink shirt with green flowered ties in olive suits. These guys not only talked like “banana eaters” but they certainly dressed like one. Still I didn’t take any notice of it.
Then all of a sudden I started to hear this term used more and more by some jevitos in Santiago. Turns out that many guys who take a good care of themselves (like women) ex: having their nails done, pedicure, facial jobs at the salon, have their eye brows trimmed, removed hair from body parts and use slight make-up to hide their skin flaws are calling themselves “Metrosexuals”. To me this didn’t seem like a new invented behavior because the gays have been following this trend for a long time yet no one questioned. Now that many guys who claim to be straight and are either confused in accepting this gayish behavior or are actually secret closet “bun-pumpious” who are making another lame attempt in 2006 to become accepted in the general public by labeling their lifestyle as yet another mainstream fashion hype.
I was in NY having dinner with some doctors and one Pakistani neurosurgeon in green tie and olive suit with 5 buttons and brown rare skin shoes was making a remark at my other friend’s shirt which happened to be pink. He said “I must say, you look so macho and bold in this pink shirt….”. I was left with my mouth open because as we were leaving the house, almost all of us (close friends) were calling him lord dildonious, gay etc. He simply laughed us off but when I heard these complements, I failed to see anything macho with wearing pink shirts.
I was later told by my other friends that the neurologist was metro-sexual so he finds such colors appealing. This guy has a serious girlfriend yet he dresses up like gays. GOD help us all.
Back to Santiago.
When I was questioned over the metro-sexual life style by a santiaguera, I quickly set her head straight. I told her that she not be sold to this term so easily. Real men don’t dream about going to beauty salons to have their eye lashes done, or to have their eye brows trimmed or to have their hair color changed and certainly they never shave their legs like women do. These guys are all gays or gays-wanna-be’s. No real man feels proud to have make-up in social gatherings. So please erase this term from your mind. There is no such thing as metrosexual, just heterosexual and homosexual. Case closed.
AZB

Chirimoya · #2 05-17-2006, 04:39 PM

Eh? The first time I met what is now known as a 'Metrosexual' was a straight Dominican man who goes for manicures. That and other grooming/sharp dressing has been standard practice among DR men for years before the metrosexual term was coined. I think it applies more to slobbish western (for want of a better term, but you know what I mean) men realising that it is desirable to wash more often and take care of their appearance, than Latin men, for most of whom this is nothing new.

2dlight · #3 05-17-2006, 04:45 PM

Ubersexual

aegap · #4 05-17-2006, 04:47 PM

the terms was popularized by us marketing experts of the world.

it sells, ..

edited to add: Metrosexual

übers

Hipocrito Mejia · #5 05-17-2006, 04:57 PM

Going for manicures and being a sharp, stylish dresser does not make someone a "metrosexual". The term is more closely associated with tendencies that are considered "more gay", such as trimming/waxing eyebrows, coloring or highlighting hair, wearing make-up and exhibiting female-like behavior or manerisms.

IMO, a man can be clean, take good care of himself and be a sharp, stylish dresser, yet remain masculine. I have to agree with AZB and say that when a man crosses into what I have described as "metrosexual", he really is a homosexual in denial.

something_of_the_night · #6 05-17-2006, 05:02 PM

So, I guess shaving my armpits and pubic hair is considered gay, too? I'm in trouble then.

Next they'll equate the car you drive with manhood or lack of it.

Saab, Volvo, Fiat = gay

Jeepetón and F150s = muy mucho very macho. Muy, pero que muy macho!

Food - Burgers = macho; fruits for breakfast = gay
Drinks - Brugal = macho; water = gay
Footwear - Boots = gay; laced-up shoes = macho

Lefthandedness = gay

Republican/anti-commie = macho

Jay Leno fan = macho; Stephen Colbert fan = gay

Church-going = macho; gardening/exercising = gay

Windows PC = MACHO; Mac addicts = gay

Football = macho; fútbol = gay

Man-oh-man!... here's hoping she never finds out

AZB · #7 05-17-2006, 05:05 PM

We took some pictures of the group in darkness with flash. All guys came out normal except for Mr. metrosexual, he clearly had make-up on. He looked like a queer with shiny transparent lipstick and some powder on the face. Funny how a camera flash brings details forward what the darkness of the night hides.
I have no problem with men bathing and grooming and even having their nails done to perfection but when they start to put on slight makeup, straighten out the eye lashes and trim eye brows and start to wear pink shirts with light green ties; to me, they have crossed the line.
AZB

AZB · #8 05-17-2006, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by something_of_the_night

Windows PC = MACHO; Mac addicts = gay

Hahaha, you got one right. Sorry rob.
AZB

Ricardo900 · #9 05-17-2006, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by something_of_the_night

So, I guess shaving my armpits and pubic hair is considered gay, too? I'm in trouble then.

Why the hell are you shaving your pubes for???

Ruffino1974 · #10 05-17-2006, 05:11 PM

no surprise here....

On AZB's latest compulsory sojourn to the dreaded and hated USA he has mentioned the one bright spot....he found another group of individuals to hate and insult..people that wash and dress nice and fix their Uhh "hair".

The only bright side is though I have never had the honor, priviledge or desire to go to Pakistan, nor am I a hypocrite who would venture to a place that I hold in such disdain, as AZB does the U.S., I have had the opportunity to see and smell a few Pakistanis. This experience leads me to just one conclusion in which AZB may take some solace. It is very unlikely that the idea of regular grooming and extreme cleanliness will ever take hold in Pakistan.

Next Trip feel free to go back home where you won't be bothered by the "clean people".

Rich