A Metrosexual is a neologism derived from metropolitan and heterosexual coined in 1994. It describes a man, particularly one living in an urban capitalist culture, who spends a lot of time and money on shopping for his appearance. Men with taste and style who know about fashion, art, and culture have always existed. In past centuries, these kinds of men were in the upper crust of society. Technology has enabled men with more leisure time, so less wealthy males can now fuss over their looks and aesthetics almost as much as women. An American Metrosexual is like your average European male. In France or Italy, men can be manly and work on cars and know about art and fashion at the same time. They are cool with that and don’t need some special name for the less “masculine” side. In the United States we think men all have to be either dumb gorillas or homosexuals. There is some grey area! There is an emphasis on not being pretentious in America that itself becomes a kind of pretentiousness. Men who dabble in vanity or in lofty romantic concerns seem less like men when in fact, they are probably better lovers to women than their traditional ‘masculine’ counterparts.
A great deal of men today have Metrosexual characteristics. Some men still look traditionally and stereotypically masculine while at the same time having an interest in art, culture, good food and gourmet dining, and theatre. You may not know it when you first meet a man, particularly if he is big and burly like a retired football player who has gone to seed, but he may very well be Metrosexual. Perhaps he is interested in fashion on others, even if he doesn’t take proper care of himself. Perhaps he feels self-conscious and doesn’t want to draw too much attention to that side of himself but he’d truly love nothing more than to walk into Hugo Boss and try on a gorgeous suit. There are also men that look the part but don’t necessarily follow through on the art and culture aspect. Perhaps they like the fashion aspect of it but they’re mostly doing the whole Meterosexual thing to get chicks. It’s a fact that there are a ton of women out there who are attracted to gay men, and if he’s a gay straight man, even better, this means he’ll fuck you AND cook for you.
1. My boyfriend’s a total Metrosexual. He spends more time getting ready for a night out than I do. He’s always ordering some new hair product or trying on a new face cream. He’s obsessed with wrinkles, even though he’s only twenty-six. Oh, and the other day he told me he sometimes likes to suck cock. Is he a fag?
2. I met this guy who was such a Metrosexual, he had a beauty regiment at night. I was worried he was gay but then he ate my pussy for, like, an hour, and Dan Savage always says that no fag ever wants to eat pussy.
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