Metrosexuals Come Out (marketing to the new feminized man)

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

[Drew68]

Have fun with this one!

[Feiny]

I smella show topic......

[Tredge]

Read American Psycho...it's not an entirely new phenomenon.

[liberalnot]

i saw this in the sunday print edition, and promptly thru' it in the trash!

stupid.

was it the los angeles times that also had an article on men who wear women's jeans?

next it will be panties!

[liberalnot]

threw.

[Mr. Mojo]

America has a long tradition of sensitive guys. Alan Alda, John Lennon, even Al Gore

Anyone here ever see Al Gore (attempt to) throw a football? I saw a film of it during the 2000 campaign, and he looked more "homo" than "metro."

[RLK]

I don't believe Mr. Martinson and I have much in common. If I ever share his state of mind, I encourage you to shoot me.

[Mr. Mojo]

Mr. Martinson likes wine bars and enjoys shopping with his gal pals, who have come to trust his eye for color, his knack for seeing when a bag clashes with an outfit, and his understanding of why some women have 47 pairs of black shoes

There was a word for this sort of thing back in the day:

Fruity

[ffusco]

You need to have a pedicure and relax.

[Rudder]

30-year-old Karru Martinson would sure be a real big hit here in Appalachia. We could use him to troll for snapping turtles.

[liberalnot]

ever read "earth in balance"?

it's pop psychology:

"ma earth is sick, and we people made her sick. in order to get well, ma earth needs less cars and their pollution."

[Drew68]

Read American Psycho...it's not an entirely new phenomenon.

Read it several years ago when it first came out. Man, that was one twisted read. Didn't realize at the time that it was satire.

But you are right. This phenomenon has been around. I had a friend who was just like these dudes when I was in highschool during the mid 1980s. He read "GQ" religiously and spent an hour primping himself every morning before school.

Come to think of it, maybe he *was* gay!

Anyhow, the NYT just discovered this cool new word, "metrosexual" and decided to write about it.

[yankeedame]

"...."metrosexuals" —... urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides..likes wine bars and enjoys shopping with his gal pals, who have come to trust his eye for color, his knack for seeing when a bag clashes with an outfit, and his understanding of why some women have 47 pairs of black shoes. ("Because they can!" he said.)

[ladyinred]

Next stop:

The Twlight Zone

[ikka]

A man who insists on Grey Goose has to get comfortable with paying $14 for a martini.

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.

[old school]

And here, I thought that I was the only one, who saw the man who would be "King," throwing a ball like a sissy! What can one say, about that other effete, little chimp, "Metro-T*rd?" It's enough to make you want to flush him!

[Our man in washington]

I wonder if there are any freepers who are also metrosexuals. I've met a lot of both groups, and yet to meet anyone who would fall in both categories, although it's not impossible.

[hunter112]

Yeah, what kind of name is "Karru", anyway? If his parents gave it to him, then they're to blame, but I would expect that it is some sort of "look at me" affectation that he has adopted in an effort to avoid getting his own life.

[ARCADIA]

They have been around for a long time. Metrosexuals? We used to simply call them sissies.

[longtermmemmory]

"metrosexual" is just a marketing attempt to get straight men to act like homosexuals. no thank you.