Metrosexuality

“Not yet familiar with the new buzzword, “metrosexual”? Some social observers and product marketers believe it’s just a matter of time until “metrosexual” becomes part of your vocabulary — and perhaps a description of your own lifestyle as well.” A friend of mine told me about the term the other day – I had not yet heard of it.

According to wordspy:
metrosexual.
(MET.roh.sek.shoo.ul) n. A dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban lifestyle; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side.
�metrosexuality n.

A guy named Mark Simpson apparently invented this term in 1994, but it seems to have garned mainstream use in recent days. Simpson states: “The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis � because that’s where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they’re pretty much everywhere. [Mark Simpson, “Meet the metrosexual,” Salon.com, July 22, 2002]

Members of the homosexual community also appear to have influenced their straight brethren. Even though metrosexual men are absolutely heterosexual, the gay movement has helped society as a whole accept so-called effeminate characteristics and lifestyles. “As a society, we’re more comfortable with homosexuality today,” says Brown. “It’s no longer taboo, it’s portrayed on prime-time TV, and heterosexual men have become more comfortable with the gay culture.” [Metrosexuals: It’s a Guy Thing! Richard Trubo, MSN Health]

Interestingly enough, hedonistic self-love is one of the signs of the end times. The Apostle Paul warns in 2 Timothy 3:1-2 that “you should also know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. In Philippians 3:19 he says, “their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and all they think about is this life here on earth.”