Retrosexual, metrosexual.......

Today I was flipping through the New Paper (actually it's kinda amazing I even read that section considering I usually read sports and throw it away) and came across this article that talked about Singapore woman's changing taste from the metrosexual male to the retrosexual male, i.e. from Jude Law to Russell Crowe (not Russell Wxx), facial spa male to alpha male.

Goes on to talk about other things, I am relying on my memory here since I threw it away after all. One thing that stuck in my mind was how this woman said "we want everything" and goes on to paint some silly analogy about how women like their dogs to be obedient (roll over and play dead on command) and yet fierce enough to scare away intruders where the need arises. I am no prophet but I reckon if status quo is maintained, she could be well looking at self-satisfying life ahead if you catch my drift.

Anyway, the article seems to imply that women like their man to be (for lack of a better adjective) more manly. Mr Handyman, fix-it-all instead of Mr Sensitive. Interestingly enough, a distinction made between retrosexual and metrosexual is Mr Retrosexual has poorer personal hygiene. How interesting, you mean the alpha male smells like your gym clothes left in the locker overnight? If you bathe more than twice a day and put on any form of fragrances, you are a destined-to-be-single metrosexual?

Oh dear, things don't seem to augur well for me. Not that I ever buy SKII products or visit male facial spas etc, but I do pay attention to my personal hygiene. Maybe I am somewhere between the two, neoclassicalsexual or something.