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Don't you hate it when the media takes a perfectly derogatory term and sanitizes it by taking the irony out?
The term metrosexual was coined by British journalist Mark Simpson. He developed it in 1994 in a book on male identity and used it in a more recent article published online. He says he meant it as both a "cold observation" and "cheeky satire."
"I used (metrosexual) to describe a kind of narcissistic, insecure masculinity shaped, if not invented, by film, advertising and glossy magazines," said Simpson in an e-mailed response to questions.
The metrosexual, Simpson suggests, is more vain and self-indulgent than he is feminine or sensitive.
Howard Dean calls himself a metrosexual in another attempt in a series to look like he is hip and "with it". Instead, he has revealed his true self: a narcissist and a no-talent ass-clown.
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Calling yourself a metrosexual? well, you're either claiming you're vain and self-indulgent etc. or you're declaring your identity in terms of consumer segment. Neither sounds appealing.
"I've heard the term,
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I was having a discussion last night with someone who really should know better, who was insisting that (and I quote) "blog theory as a social phenomenon" was not what I would call "mental masturbation", and saying that the latter was a term she hated. These terms will be coined by people who want to mentally masturbate, without really understanding the irony behind their inception. Pity.