Modern generation of males

[AFBlue]

That Brad Paisley song may have set humanity back 50 years. Nice going, Brad.

Actually that song is a pretty good representation of what a man should be.

In it, he sings about a man being a supportive provider (holding her purse), caring/affectionate lover (holding her hand, writing her love songs), and protector (knocking out some dude who copped a feel).

I don't necessarily correlate a man's grooming habits with any of the things listed above, but to each his own.

By the way, Brad Paisley's last two hit songs (Welcome to the Future and American Saturday Night) praise the progress and embrace the cultural diversity of our society. If anything, Paisley's songs have done more to push country music forward than push society backward.

[Kyle Orton]

This is what men should look like, not like that pink gayness.

v necks are a sure sign that you like s in your rear end.

If a man wants to look like a man, and not a while still being stylish, this is what they should look like.

[JJ Hickson]

I don't get this topic at all. Who the cares what other guys look like?

Guys who like to have sex with other guys care what they look like. Miami Heat having sexual tendencies is nothing new.

[phxspurfan]

I like scratching somestimes too. It's ok you don't have to feel all bad about it

[The Reckoning]

v necks are a sure sign that you like s in your rear end.

If a man wants to look like a man, and not a while still being stylish, this is what they should look like.

so a v-neck sweater?

now you can look stylish while having a in your rear?

[Cry Havoc]

I think the gayest thing I've ever heard is a man worried about what another man looks like or how he dresses.

[admiralsnackbar]

At first I agreed with the OP, but then I realized nothing has changed but the marketing. Before man mousse and all that there was Lucky Tiger, pomade, Brillcreme, The Dry Look, Just For Men and the Gipper's favorite, Grecian Formula. On the smell side, we were told Cicotrol, Aqua Velva, Old e, musk, English Leather, etc would drive the ladies nuts. And deodorant/antiperspirant has remained a constant.

We're being sold the same crap, but the way they're selling it now seems more of an appeal to masculine insecurity and less to our sense of power, IMO.

[Cry Havoc]

"Real" men throughout history:



Might have required just a little grooming.



I'm sure he could wake up and throw this on.



The list goes on.

[symple19]

so a v-neck sweater?

now you can look stylish while having a in your rear?

lol

[exstatic]

I think the gayest thing I've ever heard is a man worried about what another man looks like or how he dresses.

+1 Men who are bothered by other men's grooming products and routines aren't too secure in their sexuality.

[IronMexican]

About 130 pounds of nothing bu stud.

[TheManFromAcme]

Real men don't wear earrings. The fashion-statement line is crap.
Earrings are for chicks. Period.

Nothing more "girly" than this.

[exstatic]

Real men don't wear earrings. The fashion-statement line is crap.
Earrings are for chicks. Period.

Nothing more "girly" than this.

That's a pretty caucasian-centric POV. Earrings are extremely prevalent in the black/hiphop culture, even expected and approved of.

[HarlemHeat37]

I wear earrings, hater LOL..nice earrings are nice to have as an accessory, just like a nice watch or chain or whatever other kind of jewelery..I don't see the big deal..

As for this thread, I use "products" too..I'm not into the whole metrosexual , but there's nothing wrong with looking fresh and taking care of your skin and whatever else..unless you want to spend a lot of time ing yourself..

[TheManFromAcme]

That's a pretty caucasian-centric POV. Earrings are extremely prevalent in the black/hiphop culture, even expected and approved of.

This is a Man's POV.
Hip-Hop Shmip-Pop. It's a Girl thing to do and I don't care what color you are.

It's as gay as it gets. To be honest with you it even looks more hilarious on older men like that idiot on 60 minutes (Ed Bradley, I think). A man of his stature and education wearing a goty, sexual, girly-girl earring.

Sorry. I don't buy it and have been very vocal to anyone wearing one.

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, because nothing says "Real Man" like someone going around accosting people for how they dress.

[Sisk]

Dude they need to give us a subforum here dedicated to discovering the iden ies of the two girls kissing in your sig.

I want to direct the sequel.

Seriously. I think the one on the right might be a little hotter, but damn, they're hot.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Real men don't wear earrings. The fashion-statement line is crap.
Earrings are for chicks. Period.

Nothing more "girly" than this.

Mr. Clean could whoop some ass. Nothing manlier than that.

[Xylus]

This is a Man's POV.
Hip-Hop Shmip-Pop. It's a Girl thing to do and I don't care what color you are.

It's as gay as it gets. To be honest with you it even looks more hilarious on older men like that idiot on 60 minutes (Ed Bradley, I think). A man of his stature and education wearing a goty, sexual, girly-girl earring.

Sorry. I don't buy it and have been very vocal to anyone wearing one.

You're an idiot. Real talk.

[TheManFromAcme]

You're an idiot. Real talk.

An idiotic man that is. Not a girly-girly, earring wearing psuedo-man thank you.

[JJ Hickson]

This is a Man's POV.
Hip-Hop Shmip-Pop. It's a Girl thing to do and I don't care what color you are.

It's as gay as it gets. To be honest with you it even looks more hilarious on older men like that idiot on 60 minutes (Ed Bradley, I think). A man of his stature and education wearing a goty, sexual, girly-girl earring.

Sorry. I don't buy it and have been very vocal to anyone wearing one.

You strike me as the intellectual type. A real deep thinker.

[v2freak]

I am, by all accounts, a slob. I like porn. I like to read literature and philosophy, no poetry. I like to watch the news so that I know what's going on in the world. I like to watch basketball (this includes women's basketball), but football (simulated warfare) and hockey (just too violent) and NASCAR (pointless and dangerous) and professional wrestling (stupid) are on my never-to-do list. I don't like them because I don't want to see a person carted away from the playing surface on a regular basis, muttering things like "just a part of the sport." It's just a game. Have some respect for yourself.

I like to volunteer. I like to work-out. I like cats, but not dogs. I like to go for walks. I like people to know themselves, to be themselves, and share whatever it is that is on their mind. Bonus points if it makes me think. I will express my emotions. I don't attend church or subscribe to any religion. I still miss my dad. I usually can't cry over any cir stances I have to face in life, but empathy of someone else's gets me there. I think at ude--the badass, want to kick everyone's ass, I'm hard--yeah, I see a scared human being when I see that. I see someone who needs to prove something...to everyone. It's like watching a heroin addict shoot up--it just makes me pity them, especially when they say memorable lines like "I ain't no punk." The hole is never full; they have to prove to as many people as they can that they are a man. He could beat the out of me, I still see a scared human being. Be rationale. Be secure in who you are. You don't have to prove a damn thing.

Right on Darrin.

[EricB]

I don't get this topic at all. Who the cares what other guys look like? If you want to look a certain way, then fine, you control your own appearance.

Don't worry, guys, metro and gay men aren't out to rape you.

Great post and agree 100%.

Im always amazed at the amount of how much people go out of their way to worry about other people or their business.