Metrosexuality in Men
Metrosexuality in Men
It is a typical party scene, too many college kids crammed in a house, all holding red solo cups. There is beer pong in the corner and tonight everyone’s dressed up and feeling loose. The noise is escalating and the song “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis starts blaring on the stereo. All of the young girls stand up and start singing along at the top of their lungs. Everyone in the very crowded room has heard the song and most have seen the music video. The guys sway jubilantly to the music in their Jordan’s and laugh at the rhyme scheme. The song makes critique on how concerned, young men are, with fashion these days and the need to copy the “it” fashion icon. Macklemore tells us he would rather be wearing thrift shop clothes to be unique, and fashionable, than spend “fifty dollars on a t-shirt.” Young men today are breaking away from the idea that they should be nonchalant about their clothes. Even Macklemore, who criticizes people who spend too much money on their clothes, appears in the music video donning a giant fur coat. He is not criticizing the fact that young men are becoming more fashionable; instead, he is focusing on how they should try to be more unique. Current examples are showing us how much more open other forms of masculinity are becoming. One of those more common, alternate forms of masculinity that is on the rise is metrosexuality. What is a metrosexual? Merriam-Webster defines, “Metrosexual: a usually urban heterosexual male given to enhancing his personal appearance by fastidious grooming, beauty treatments, and fashionable clothes.”(Merriam-Webster.com, “Metrosexuality”). Young metrosexual males are becoming progressively more visible currently because they can feel less judgment due to increased appreciation for homosexuality. Homosexual males have faced a lot of adversity and discrimination, for many years. Today this discrimination is still prevalent, but is it a lot less violent than before, because
It is a typical party scene, too many college kids crammed in a house, all holding red solo cups. There is beer pong in the corner and tonight everyone’s dressed up and feeling loose. The noise is escalating and the song “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis starts blaring on the stereo. All of the young girls stand up and start singing along at the top of their lungs. Everyone in the very crowded room has heard the song and most have seen the music video. The guys sway jubilantly to the music in their Jordan’s and laugh at the rhyme scheme. The song makes critique on how concerned, young men are, with fashion these days and the need to copy the “it” fashion icon. Macklemore tells us he would rather be wearing thrift shop clothes to be unique, and fashionable, than spend “fifty dollars on a t-shirt.” Young men today are breaking away from the idea that they should be nonchalant about their clothes. Even Macklemore, who criticizes people who spend too much money on their clothes, appears in the music video donning a giant fur coat. He is not criticizing the fact that young men are becoming more fashionable; instead, he is focusing on how they should try to be more unique. Current examples are showing us how much more open other forms of masculinity are becoming. One of those more common, alternate forms of masculinity that is on the rise is metrosexuality. What is a metrosexual? Merriam-Webster defines, “Metrosexual: a usually urban heterosexual male given to enhancing his personal appearance by fastidious grooming, beauty treatments, and fashionable clothes.”(Merriam-Webster.com, “Metrosexuality”). Young metrosexual males are becoming progressively more visible currently because they can feel less judgment due to increased appreciation for homosexuality. Homosexual males have faced a lot of adversity and discrimination, for many years. Today this discrimination is still prevalent, but is it a lot less violent than before, because