What is a Retrosexual?
The term “retrosexual” was first used to describe a particular sort of man in 2003 by Mark Simpson. Many traits characterize a retrosexual, but the most distinctive is their classically masculine identity. Retrosexuals spend minimal time on their personal appearance, for example, and they often pursue classically masculine activities like hunting and rough field sports. Some people simply call retrosexuals “manly men,” in a reference to their very masculine demeanor. The term is closely related to “metrosexual,” a sort of man who is essentially the opposite of a retrosexual. Metrosexual men spend a great deal of time, energy, and money on personal appearance, and they pride themselves on dressing well. They often use a wide variety of cosmetic products for skin, hair, and nails, and then tend to have a more feminine presentation. The “metrosexual” actually came first; this particular species of man was described in an article in 2002, also by Mark Simpson. Individual retrosexuals have
Retrosexuals smell, are unfit, couldn’t even tell you where Selfridges is (imagine!), and haven’t a clue how to use an iPod. Yet we’re the hottest thing since last year’s metrosexual (clean, perky men who moisturise and ride a scooter… to Selfridges. See also: Alfie). Already the nation can’t get enough of that retrosexual whiff. Our groundbreaking lack of hygiene is paraded before horrified viewers in the first TV show since Steptoe & Son dedicated to the retrosexual lifestyle, Too Posh To Wash. There’s only one thing we retrosexuals love more than stinking out a train carriage with our manly fug, and that’s our not-inconsiderable fear of modern technology. You may love your thumb-sized life planner or your eyelid phone, but we stinking retrosexuals greet anything new with a sneer/ befuddlement. Retrosexuals love anything matt black with big buttons that hums and breaks down. We build shrines to early 1980s technology, covering it in matt black candles and praying for the resurrecti
For starters, I believe in paying for dinner…. I LIVE BY A CODE 04/19/2004 6:09:19 PM PDT · by ExSoldier · 73 replies · 648+ views E-mail | 19 April 2004 | E-mail OK folks, I have had it. I’ve taken all I can stand and I can’t stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like “style” and “feng shui”. Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, trans-sexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual – bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world! Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell “ENOUGH!” I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars: The Retrosexual movement. The Code: A… I (along with most of the men here) am Retrosexual and proud of it. 04/11/2004 12:05:58 PM PDT · by Engine82 · 326 replies · 3,846+ views Woody’s Taxidermy ^ | 4-11-04 | Cutbait Robin I’ve had ENOUGH!! OK, I have had it. I’ve taken al
