WTF is "metrosexuality"?

[Bikerpunk]

I think these explain metrosexuality perfectly

http://youtube.com/watch?v=V37N5V2W06E
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w9b8olu5ZG0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F06N57q1Iu0

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[One Eyed Cat]

I love a guy who shaves his body hair and tidies up the eyebrows.

I do both. I still think the term metrosexual is pretty silly though. It seems a generalization vis a vis "emo" that lets folks stereotype us in some insidious ways.

OEC

[One Eyed Cat]

It's not progressive, at all. I agree with you...we need to stop trying to divide people like this. Stereotyping never ended well.

True. I always question when I see words like this used in a sweeping manner. I think it makes it too easy for people to be presumptuous based on appearance.

OEC

[Morning Glory]

let's examine the word itself. metro sexual.

metro, generally a shortened version of the term metropolitan.
from the greek term comprised of meter and polis.

meter meaning mother, but in the figurative sense, really pertaining to one's birth or origin.

polis means people, but it's come to generally refer to the collective state of being of people together, such as a group or mass, or usually a society.

so really metropolis means a place that people are from, although it may be more accurate to align it with the notion of "home town". It's generally understood as being a synonym of city. typically in common with the distinction between "city life" and "country life", but that isn't really inherent in the words meaning, just a convention that it's come to be used for.

sexual, of course mean of or relating to sex. from the latin sexus, a common expression referring to male or female disambiguity. Also a rather figurative expression based on the term seco meaning half of, which derives from the word secare meaning to divide or seperate, most litteraly pertaining to cutting.

So I guess basically means citysex, or sex that is according with contemporary urban lifestyle.

that really doesn't tell us anything. or rather it does by opposite. It's a nonsense word that was created by commercialism for the purpose of trying to get people to buy things, and more importantly to associate and align their sense of self with the things that they buy, as a source of motivation.

[One Eyed Cat]

let's examine the word itself. metro sexual.

metro, generally a shortened version of the term metropolitan.
from the greek term comprised of meter and polis.

meter meaning mother, but in the figurative sense, really pertaining to one's birth or origin.

polis means people, but it's come to generally refer to the collective state of being of people together, such as a group or mass, or usually a society.

so really metropolis means a place that people are from, although it may be more accurate to align it with the notion of "home town". It's generally understood as being a synonym of city. typically in common with the distinction between "city life" and "country life", but that isn't really inherent in the words meaning, just a convention that it's come to be used for.

sexual, of course mean of or relating to sex. from the latin sexus, a common expression referring to male or female disambiguity. Also a rather figurative expression based on the term seco meaning half of, which derives from the word secare meaning to divide or seperate, most litteraly pertaining to cutting.

So I guess basically means citysex, or sex that is according with contemporary urban lifestyle.

that really doesn't tell us anything. or rather it does by opposite. It's a nonsense word that was created by commercialism for the purpose of trying to get people to buy things, and more importantly to associate and align their sense of self with the things that they buy, as a source of motivation.

It almost invariably becomes a missive though. I agree it has been an effective marketing tool. It is just insidious and rife with negative connotation.

OEC