Recalibrating you Gay-dar
Recalibrating Your Gay-dar
Drawing the Line between Vanity and Homosexuality
Term Paper in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 2
(Writing in the Discipline)
Maria Veronica D. Achacoso
March 2012
Recalibrating Your Gay-dar:
Drawing the Line between Vanity and Homosexuality
Imagine a well-groomed male in a fashionable outfit on an ordinary day – neat and polished, more than the average guy. What’s the common reaction? “He’s definitely gay.” Without taking a second look, you have established that that person is gay, but did you ever consider the possibility of a very masculine style icon walking in your midst?
It is natural for a person to be judgmental by looks, especially when the subject is a stranger. Unfortunately, a lot of misjudgments have labeled the unsuspecting straight man as a homosexual. So, although the gay population is growing, the knowledge separating the men from the ex-men is diminishing. And because of that, less and less men try to make themselves look good just for the sake of looking good in fear of having their manhood taken away by the eyes of passersby.
To clear the fog that has settled on the line separating the homosexuals and the self-conscious men (metrosexuals), this paper aims to create guidelines based on pooled observations on the physical features – actions, expressions, etc by interviewing self-proclaimed metrosexuals and self-proclaimed gays.
Metrosexuals: Straight and Lookin’ Good
Since time immemorial, men have relied on the women of their lives to do the shopping. And who can blame them? They always have dreaded the prospect of going on shopping trips with the girls so they could never see themselves shopping for their own closet. But somewhere in the mid-1990’s, there have been changes in the consumers’ charts of men’s clothing retailers – the percentage of men buying clothes have gone higher than the women
Drawing the Line between Vanity and Homosexuality
Term Paper in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 2
(Writing in the Discipline)
Maria Veronica D. Achacoso
March 2012
Recalibrating Your Gay-dar:
Drawing the Line between Vanity and Homosexuality
Imagine a well-groomed male in a fashionable outfit on an ordinary day – neat and polished, more than the average guy. What’s the common reaction? “He’s definitely gay.” Without taking a second look, you have established that that person is gay, but did you ever consider the possibility of a very masculine style icon walking in your midst?
It is natural for a person to be judgmental by looks, especially when the subject is a stranger. Unfortunately, a lot of misjudgments have labeled the unsuspecting straight man as a homosexual. So, although the gay population is growing, the knowledge separating the men from the ex-men is diminishing. And because of that, less and less men try to make themselves look good just for the sake of looking good in fear of having their manhood taken away by the eyes of passersby.
To clear the fog that has settled on the line separating the homosexuals and the self-conscious men (metrosexuals), this paper aims to create guidelines based on pooled observations on the physical features – actions, expressions, etc by interviewing self-proclaimed metrosexuals and self-proclaimed gays.
Metrosexuals: Straight and Lookin’ Good
Since time immemorial, men have relied on the women of their lives to do the shopping. And who can blame them? They always have dreaded the prospect of going on shopping trips with the girls so they could never see themselves shopping for their own closet. But somewhere in the mid-1990’s, there have been changes in the consumers’ charts of men’s clothing retailers – the percentage of men buying clothes have gone higher than the women
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