you've seen it on tv, and you've heard it on the radio. you see them in the subway, on the streets, and in the offices. The metrosexual nation has been getting bigger and bigger since last year. the premeire of "***** eye for the straight guy" has given way to so many new shows involving men getting complete makeovers to better please their wives/girlfriends/family with a little help from the gay ultra-gurus of style, grooming, decorating, culture, and food.

Men are able to walk the streets wearing loud clothing, which last year would have been deemed "gay." men can now put shampoo, conditioner and "product" in their hair for style. They can now wash their face with a clenser, and moisturize once a week or so. truly, it's a great thing. men can participate in style, and it doesn't have to be traditional urbanite gear.

but does this have anything to do with sexuality? the new term we use for these men is "metro-sexual," obviously trying to bridge the gap between style and male heterosexuality.

your thoughts please.....

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it just means someone who gives the alusion of being gay but isnt.

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Look, it's not "acting gay". It's acting effeminate. Many gays do not act like frilly little girls all the time. Putting sexuality right in the term just ticks me off.

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i happen to like watching the show and im straight, you acctually learn some good tips.

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Just for the record, you can find most of these tips in mens magazines. Hell, even Playboy has suggestions like that sometimes. My main peeve is the association of the idea with homosexuality. It's counterproductive to the whole gay pride movement. I don't like people who care too much about thier apperance, and I don't like people who are obsessed with post-modern fashion and all the crap they usually do.

This is why I thought Straight Plan for the Gay Man had something going.

i think its perfectly fine to be metro. i guess i sortof am. metrosexual i dont believe is really defined as someone that is self abosrbed and only cares about their own appearance. it just means someone who gives the alusion of being gay but isnt. you can be gay and still be a slob. but its that main steryotype that all gay people are put under and are expected to be like.

im glad that all these new views as presented by q'ueer eye and other shows are getting out there. i happen to like watching the show and im straight, you acctually learn some good tips. the american version is so much better than the brittish.

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Spud, I agree. And you'd be surprised, some of the most non metrosexual-seeming guys are the most obsessive over their hair and clothes and how they look. Idk what people are thinking when they say metrosexual, but I know plenty of "normal" looking guys who are extremely fussy, narcissitic, and vain when it comes to their outward appearance.

Someone's upset that they weren't born a pretty boy. Too bad pop-culture isn't for you.

My opinion: Anyone who uses that much "product" and spends that much time and money caring about what they look like, and how clean there apartment is is wasting thier time. Male or female. Girls who use five different hair products turn me off. I think the whole thing is a stupid tangent into marketing scemes and vanity.

You might say it's urban culture. I say there's a line between culture and facade.

I think metrosexuals have always existed, but the whole concept has gone mainstream.

no, men are just learning to take better care of themselves. im happy about it.

-arianhorn