YBBG Topic: Metrosexual is not manly

So last night I made the statement: Metrosexual is not manly.  I continued on to say that I'm not attracted to men who are beholden to the metrosexual style.  And that to me metrosexual is not the equivalent of well groomed...

I said this in the public domain, Twitter, knowing full well that it would offend some people.  I already knew that people would somehow correlate the statement to sexuality.  I already knew people would assume that means I like rough, gruff, thuggish men...I already knew this because I pay attention to people.  And those are the general routes people take when this particular topic is broached.

Knowing that, I made the statement AND MEANT IT.  However, the reason why I made it was to prove a point.  People assume a lot based on their own personal feelings and inclinations, justifications and projections. 

No one bothered to ask why I said it.  Why I felt that way.  Nor ask for me to define what I meant by it...until today when I posed the question as a topic.  And the people who I assumed would ask those things, did. 

Metrosexual (photo from http://www.glasshousetalent.co.nz/)

One person accused me of being beholden to gender stereotypes.  When I asked what particular stereotypes where at play in my statement, he instructed me to read about them. (Still not identifying which ones were at play...) To that I said what for? I asked your opinion.  He insisted I read them because I clearly was misinformed or uninformed as to what the going stereotypes were these days. LOL

See those people who were offended have their own definition of metrosexual, and their own feelings about the topic.  Kudos to them.  But that does not change my definition, nor does it change my opinion about the topic.  And that should be okay.  But to one in particular it wasn't.

To that I say, GET OVER IT.  That may make me seem a little arrogant or insensitive.  And believe you me, it won't be the first time I've come off that way, and will definitely not be the last time. 

As to the topic of being metrosexual.  As you all have read on here, I grew up a tomboy.  So I was never really a "prissy" girl. Or a girly-girl.  Does that speak to my sexuality? Not in the least.  And most people wouldn't make any correlation to it, when the topic is about a woman being a girly-girl. 

HOWEVER, if the topic of a man bein manly or not comes up, some men, will go all bonkers LOL.  But pfft...again.. GET OVER IT.

So this is what I defined metrosexual as, when asked today:

Metro defined by me, yours may be different: Tightly tailored, pastels wearing, multiple beauty aids having, mani/pedi/facials regularly scheduled.

Based on my definition, one guy added:

I call it borderline feminine, and most of them refuse to do any type of manual labor. (to wit, I agree about the manual labor)

But as I stated during the Twitter battle...lol...not all women share my opinion, and that's the way it should be.  To my definition one lady responded:

I don't have a problem with pastels on a man, and some men need a mani and a pedi especially when they are trying to wear sandals...

Wow! People can actually disagree on a topic without feeling some kinda way about the other person's opinion.  I don't believe metrosexual has anything to do with sexuality.  I don't believe men and women are completely the same.  And you can't convince me we are.  Equal? YES.  The same? NO.

If we were the same, there would be absolutely no need for this blog...

So to the gent who accused me of being a female chauvinist, bully, thinker in the dark ages...and suggested that the way I think causes little girls to cry and little boys to threaten suicide, You can Kiss my...

LMBO...kidding kidding.  Seriously, something you need to understand about me is this...I don't care what you think.  We can always have a civil discussion, but at the end of the day you cannot force me into your way of thinking.  Nor do I want to force you into mine. You may influence me...but ask questions before you jump to your conclusions.

I actually do enjoy being challenged on my opinions though.  I fully believe you should always have people around who disagree with you. :)  So thank you, Mr. Sensitive...for disagreeing with me :) LMBO

Now if you're a pastel wearing, no manual labor doing, tight pants having fella...I'm not the chick for you...but I know plenty who would take you as you are in your ball-buster-britches :)

Ok folks...what do you have to say about this? How do you define metrosexual? Am I foul for my definition of metro and shunning metro men?