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According to Maki Fukasawa, young Japanese men are struggling to have sex.
Herbivore: an organism which gets its food energy from plant tissue.
Good start. According to CNN, a Japanese columnist is very concerned that a subset (possibly a generation) of young Japanese men is going soft. Maki Fukasawa applied the term "herbivore" to men who are not interested in typical manly pursuits (money, sex, kendo, rock gardening et cetera).
In the past one hundred years, the Land of the Rising Sun has gone through a myriad of identity shifts. They've gone from agrarian to industrial, from aggressively expansive to sternly pacifist, from fiercely isolated to a great cog in … Read More
Has the metrosexual epoch hit a crescendo with male nether region shaving?
Modern men (some of 'em) are embracing their feminine side as modern women (some of 'em) are becoming more masculine. (Pretty soon we'll start going to the doctor before an injury is life-threatening.) As this Yin-Yang convergence occurs, interest in his looks, clothing and grooming is surging. Nowadays nearly a one-hundredth* of the shelf space for personal care items in pharmacies is now dedicated to men. Things like shave butter, hair "product" and David Beckham have colored how [some] men now comport themselves.
So it was pretty much inevitable that the era of women being bare "down there" would migrate … Read More
What is a metrosexual? That's What He Said takes to the street and asks guys what they think of the metrosexual movement.
Guy-liner and Man-scara For All Mankind?
They're pregnant. They're wearing pantyhose. Soon, will men be borrowing your mascara, too?
If a UK drugstore is successful, maybe they will! Superdrug on High Street in London will begin selling Taxi Man cosmetics, including mascara and a chunky eye-liner (er, guyliner) pencil.
A Taxi Man rep insists it's "subtle makeup," rather than a "drag queen look" -- but for a lot of folks, there's nothing subtle (or sexy) about dudes in Kabuki. (Exhibit A: Jezebel's "What It Feels Like For a Girl" NSFW video where a blogger puts eyeliner on some dude.)
Of course, … Read More
What's up with men in stockings?
A site called E-MANcipate has undertaken the noble goal of spreading the joys of pantyhose to the Y-chromosomed sex. Now, I love me some cross-dressers, but I can't help but giggling at e-MANcipate and their conviction that they can show off their legs "in a manly way" with kashmir, haut and schwarz colored stockings.
From their 'About us' page:
Sexy
Guys could really show off their legs in a manly way, and make the fashion palette more colorful. Dressing up is fun, and men should be finally part of it, too (doubts? ask a woman!!!).
Healthy
It helps to improve performance in sports or … Read More
The new metrosexual?
He'll seduce with his dicing skills? Yes, the new breed of man works wonders with a whisk. "Gastrosexuals," professional chefs and amateurs alike, are turning women on, according to The Daily Mail. The stats:
According to the study by food company PurAsia 48 per cent of people say being able to cook makes a person more attractive to them and 23 per cent of 18-34 year old men say they cook to potentially seduce a partner.
The report also shows 60 per cent of British men now regularly cook for friends and family, favoring complicated foreign dishes over … Read More
Stray: the term for a hetero who is invariably mistaken for being gay.
We all know one.
The friend, cousin, dentist or colleague who -- despite voicing attraction to the opposite sex, owning the world's largest collection of straight porn, being married with kids, what have you -- everyone thinks is gay.
We now know what to call these "don't judge a book by its cover"-types: strays! (Thanks to Buzzfeed for disseminating this term and Detail's Mike Albo for coining it.)
According to Albo, there is some scientific evidence behind our gaydar signaling whether a man complimenting us on our tight vintage T-shirt at a bar means "I wonder how I'd look in … Read More
MTV and Brody Jenner conspire to ruin bromance as we know it.
Not sure if you heard but Brody Jenner (son of decathlete and Kardashian step-dad, Bruce Jenner) needs a new best bro and MTV is going to hook him up. They're auditioning dudes in LA by seeing who's willing to do the gnarliest stunts, who's the raddest wingman, and who tells the most Bro-dacious stories. That one guy earns the title of Bro-dy's best bro. It sounds like he's actually looking for a sidekick. We haven't seen anything from any alumni of The Hills or Laguna Beach that would suggest they are capable of anything as quid pro quo … Read More
Is it the end of an era for the metrosexual?
Well, it was bound to happen. Neatly groomed faces, color-coordinated outfits and a sincere interest in yoga had their heydays as emblems of the metrosexual. Now, it seems, the scruffy, rough and tumble, "I-care-more-about-diesel-fuel-than-Diesel-Jeans" man is back, kicking his manicured incarnation to the curb.
We started seeing it on the faces of our male friends, husbands and boyfriends this past winter, when nary a clean-shaven chin was to be found. Well-fitted pants have started to sag, as straight men embrace the "just out of bed" look on a literal level. And good luck getting Madonna into a playlist … Read More