falcon81;763206 wrote:The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis - because that’s where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they’re pretty much everywhere.
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The very fact that you're attempting to quote Mark Simpson as your source of knowledge is amusing to me, albeit probably singularly amusing premised on the fact that I am the only one who realizes how silly it is. There are multiple fallacies in your attempt at defining metro sexual which require you to be skilled at research, sociohistoric interpretations, and critical thinking. While most acquire these skills in life, some acquire them in higher education, specifically graduate education. And there are some who never acquire them regardless at their attempts at education or life. However, graduate education is my vocation and my friend, I'm a workaholic. I have more graduate degrees in research than most ever care to realize exists. So let me see if I can break this down for you. (I realize this cannot be esteem with such a well known motivational speaker, but I'll have to live with that.)
1. Mark Simpson is British and he was describing a specific economic and social trend in European countries. This may not make any sense at first to you, but maybe you understand this- Words in Europe don't mean the same thing as they do in America, or North America for that matter. (e.g. bloody, barrister, or bobby)
2. His attempt at coining this word was in 1994, and was not accepted into mainstream society. In other words, his attempt as a journalist to apply already disproven Freudian theory to his own theory on marketing phenomenon was discredited. His book was an attempt to produce an anti-laissez faire ethics argument on male exploitation. In addition, the very fact that it was published in 1994 should indicate to you that it could mean something different today. (e.g. gay, stupid, screw...)
3. Your own source on quotation book described him as "the skinhead Oscar Wilde." This also may mean very little to you unless you know something about Oscar Wilde. He married a woman, spoke out against homosexuality, and then was imprisoned because of homosexual offense. Essentially your source called Mark Simpson a self-loathing hypocrite rendering the effective of your cited quote powerless.
4. American media revisited the phrase later in an attempt to describe the American metropolitan male who was secure enough in his sexuality to get manicures, facials, and shop at trendy stores. This male creature was also creative enough to incorporate this lifestyle into conquest of the opposite sex. He has become iconic-- yes iconic-- in American pop culture. He's endowed with money, women, a well-paying job, and good looks. He is not however gay.
5. I, long ago, invoked the right to censure the conversations that I had with people through the implementation of an IQ requirement. I do not require that those I hold discourse with be members in good standing with mensa, but those whose IQ falls into the negative z score range are not acceptable persons with which to chat-- or in archaic British as you seem to like vis-a-vis.
