Showing posts with label beauty and sensuality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty and sensuality. Show all posts
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Are You A Metrosexual?
The newly popular media and marketing buzzword seems to mean different things to different people, but in general, a metrosexual :
is a modern, usually single man in touch with himself and his feminine side; grooms and buffs his head and body, which he drapes in fashionable clothing both at work or before hitting an evening hotspot; has discretionary income to stay up to date with the latest hairstyles, the newest threads, and the right shaped shoes; confuses some guys when it comes to his sexuality; makes these same guys jealous of his success with the ladies -- for many metros, to interact with women is to flirt; impresses the women who enjoy his company with the details that make the man;
Among them:
his appreciation for literature, cinema, or other arts his flair for cooking his savoir faire in choosing the perfect wine and music his eye for interior design is a city boy or, if living a commute away from downtown, is still urbane, if not rightly urban; enjoys reading men's magazines...
who coined the term?
Mark Simpson, a British and outspokenly gay social "commentarist," first published the term in a 1994 article called "Here Come The Mirror Men," which ran in Britain's Independent . The concept was developed thanks to Simpson's book on masculine identity in a media-driven world, called Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity
simpson's strategy
At the time, Simpson was simply chronicling a new male prototype he saw emerging in society. The term has been co-opted in the past few years by fashion companies, though, as a marketing ploy: Give people an identity to strive for, an attractive pigeonhole to squeeze into, and, like sheep, they'll buy anything associated with it.
In a Salon.com article entitled "Meet The Metrosexual" (July 2003), Simpson said, "old-fashioned (re)productive, repressed, unmoisturized masculinity was being given the pink slip by consumer capitalism. The stoic, self-denying, modest straight male didn't shop enough -- his role was to earn money for his wife to spend -- so he had to be replaced by a new kind of man, one less certain of his identity and much more interested in his image... A man, in other words, who is an advertiser's walking wet dream."
In a recent interview, Simpson goes on: "Commercially... it makes perfect sense to maintain that metrosexuals are all straight -- after all, advertising is trying to persuade as many men as possible to relax their sphincter muscles, cooing in their ear that there's nothing gay about being f***ed by corporate consumerism. Which, ironically, is true."
what's sexuality got to do with it?
If Mark Simpson is gay, does that mean metrosexuals are too? Most current references seem to peg metros as hetero, but in Simpson's original definition, orientation was unimportant. Simpson clarified this point in an interview with Russia's OM Magazine , explaining, "Metrosexuality is in fact the end of 'sexuality'." He goes on to say that when it comes to metros, sexuality "is utterly immaterial because the metrosexual has taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual aim. Desire in the metrosexual has been uncoupled, or at least irretrievably loosened, from reproduction and gender -- and reattached to commercial signs. Adverts. Images. Icons. Brands."
In general parlance, to be called metrosexual is not to be called gay, but rather sensitive, chic and cultured.
what are we talking about?
Some of the most commonly labeled metrosexual prototypes include English soccer star David Beckham and screen icons Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Tom Cruise. All these men are as much models as they are sports stars or actors, welcoming the not-so-furtive female gazes like the walking billboards they've become.
Signs that metrosexuality has gone mainstream include the alarming popularity of labels like Abercrombie & Fitch, a middlebrow metrosexual fashion option, among straight, beer-drinking frat boys.
By the way, thanks to Mel Gibson's hip and sensitive character in What Women Want , the movie could answer its titular query with "Metrosexuals, that's what!" Meanwhile, Fight Club is about an ostensibly testosterone-imbued movement -- bare-knuckle fighting turning to hooliganism in the name of social protest -- that ironically uses Brad "six-pack" Pitt as its "gorgeous" leader in a narrative that more closely resembles a feature-length glossy men's magazine fashion shoot than a movie.
so what are you?
In case you're counting, this ain't the first label referring to guys who fall short of the beer-drinking, fart-lighting prototype. To clarify, a few others you may have heard include:
SNAG (Sensitive New Age Guy): A guy that women like to talk to like one of their own, and find attractive because they can. Refers more to sensitivity, without the narcissism and preening associated with metrosexuality.
Renaissance Man: An older term referring to the early modern era, when ancient scientific and artistic knowledge was revisited in a flurry of creation. Refers to a well-rounded, sophisticated, worldly individual with interests in many areas and expertise in several. Think of artist-engineer Leonardo da Vinci.
As any donut shop drive-thru clerk, bowling pin monkey, or anyone else occupying a highly technical field knows, you should leave the tough, dangerous work to the professionals. That is where I, your trained, vigilant lexicographer comes in, fellow struggler, to guide you through the maze that is 21st century English.
metrosexual is quite a capacious term. Others you may not have heard seem to zero in on one or a few aspects of the male persona. Here are a few other terms you might want to add to your growing lexicon:
Primp: A very well groomed guy who always has women around, but never seems to go for any one in particular. Behind his back, people speculate about his sexuality. More of a "straight gay guy" than a "gay straight guy," to use Sex and the City terminology.
Martha Studly: The guy who has a set of variously sized throw pillows that not only match each other, complement the living room upholstery and decor concept (that's right, concept !), but accent the next room's assemblage as well. Hey, if it impresses the ladies, then "that's a good thing."
Skexual: A male or female whose sexuality -- and sometimes even sex -- is so impossible to determine that s/he just seems sketchy from the get-go. Think "Pat" from Saturday Night Live .
metro this
In the end, if you've read this article to this point, then you're probably curious enough about the phenomenon to qualify as a metrosexual. Now, is that worth poppin' some guy in the mouth for?
Source by Jake Brennan (http://www.askmen.com)
Resources:
www.marksimpson.com
www.theage.com
www.salon.com
Breve Histórico da Beleza Masculina
Encontrei este artigo super interessante, falando sobre o Breve Historico da Beleza Masculina, o presente artigo está na internet (http://www.ceart.udesc.br/) estou apenas blogando uma parte do mesmo, vale muito a pena ler na integra todo o Artigo.
"O presente artigo pretende historicizar a beleza masculina através dos tempos, desde a masculinidade no Egito antigo, até o homem metrossexual de hoje. Como método de investigação utilizou-se a pesquisa qualitativa, bibliográfica; fazendo uso de artigos e livros de diversas áreas que tratam da beleza (filosofia, história da arte e geral, moda, educação física, etc.). Com isso, buscou-se nos períodos históricos pesquisados, definir a beleza masculina e as características desta, averiguando a existência de diferenças e/ou semelhanças em cada um deles. Percebeu-se assim, semelhanças em cada período no que tange à beleza quanto às formas, uso de roupas como forma de reforçá-la, simetria, estética, valorização da juventude e, quanto à forma física, semelhança entre os homens egípcios antigos e o metrossexual da atualidade. Por fim, notou-se uma preocupação masculina com a beleza em todos os períodos pesquisados com suas particularidades, sendo essa preocupação não exclusiva do universo feminino.
...O breve resgate da beleza masculina através dos tempos possibilitou-nos verificar que a preocupação com a beleza esteve presente em grande parte dos momentos pesquisados.
Mais do que isso, percebeu-se pontos em comum para delimitar o homem belo. Dentre os aspectos vistos como relevantes, a juventude mereceu preocupação desde o Egito até os dias atuais; assim, os homens de um modo geral, buscavam a juventude para poderem tornar-se belos, utilizando-se de cremes que pudessem esconder suas rugas ou mesmo perucas para esconder a calvície.
As roupas foram usadas como ornamentos para ostentar a presença da beleza, muito mais do que as características corporais – aqui, destacamos os séculos: XV, XVIII e XIX; com o uso das cores que na época feudal denotavam a beleza, a moda dos sapatos altos para os homens, trazido pelo rei Luis XIV e a criação de roupas como mudança social.
Porém, o corpo e a força apareceram como principais fatores de identificação com a beleza. Desde os egípcios, passando pela Grécia antiga, sendo retratado pelos artistas renascentistas nas pinturas de Adão, Apollo, dentre outros e, sendo resgatado no século XX com os homens que participaram dos concursos mister mundo até os metrossexuais com a
supervalorização e definição do corpo. Cabe aqui ressaltar que o corpo considerado belo e desenhado por eles é extremamente parecido com o corpo definido de um metrossexual, em que suas costas são largas e a cintura mais fina, mostrando-nos uma aproximação e resgate através dos séculos. Mesmo com alguma variação no período feudal no qual a magreza era
sinônima de feiúra e um grande corpo (cheio), era denominado belo.
Mais do que isso, a proporção esteve presente em grande parte das pesquisas no que concerne ao corpo e ao todo. Medidas que foram usadas desde a Grécia antiga, passando pelos séculos XVI e XVII, a perfeição e harmonia das formas era uma grande preocupação e busca dos homens para assemelhar-se à perfeição e conseqüentemente ao belo; haja vista ter sido a
beleza associada ao bom e ao belo desde os filósofos pré-socráticos até os dias atuais com os metrossexuais, preocupados com um corpo enxuto, cintura fina, sem que os homens sejam extremamente fortes, mas com um toque de feminilidade e classe.
A preocupação em tornar-se belo utilizando-se de produtos naturais, foi outro ponto trazido na pesquisa, pois os egípcios que se utilizavam de cremes para as rachaduras dos pés por morarem nos desertos, o uso de óleos, banhos e cremes para embelezarem a pele pode ser comparado com a preocupação corporal dos metrossexuais da atualidade que fazem uso dos
mais diversos cremes, depilação, óleos, etc. Ambos possuem muitas semelhanças, não só com o uso de cremes, mas também com as roupas e adereços que possam valorizar seus corpos,sem que necessariamente os tornem femininos.
Assim, percebe-se que a questão da beleza historicizada, esteve presente em grande parte das épocas passadas. Entretanto, os aspectos que definiam a beleza masculina, eram diferentes; modelos de beleza masculina destacaram-se por meio de aspectos como roupas,corpo, força, adereços, harmonia e proporção corporal, o uso de cremes e a atenção à etiqueta,
constituíram-se como fontes de beleza e não necessariamente um terreno exclusivamente de preocupação feminina, mas presente na preocupação do universo masculino desde a antiguidade, modificado através dos tempos e retomado na atualidade por meio do “novo homem”, o metrossexual e, divulgado na mídia, como uma nova forma de viver a masculinidade, sem preconceitos"
Source by Aurivar Fernandes Filho - Graduando de Psicologia – Univali – Campus Biguaçu and John Revisky (Photographer)
Saturday, 21 August 2010
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Well, he sure is a very handsome man.: Lima Beef (KURT LIMA)
Source by The Photo Project NYC (Morning Goods)
Monday, 19 July 2010
beauty and sensuality.: Michele Rotters
Source by The Photo Project NYC (Morning Goods)(Photos: Alberto Bruni)
Sunday, 18 July 2010
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