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I would like to discuss the term metrosexual. I was told my many friends, and a guy I went out on a date with who used the former adjective to describe himself, that Metrosexual is a term used to describe “straight men who have feminine characteristics.” This must be wrong, and if it is not, then I find the existence of the term very disturbing.First, let’s get to know the word. For those of my readers who are more skilled at math and science-like subjects, metrosexual is a pun on the word heterosexual. The word hetero means different, and the word metro means an underground railroad.So how does this knowledge apply to gender preferences and characteristics?Ok, so if heterosexuals are attracted to member of the opposite sex, are meterosexuals attracted to having sex in underground railroads? Perhaps I am being to literal and should try to view the term metrosexual in a more liberal and figurative light. Perhaps metro is implying metropolis, as in city, as in . . .I still do not see how this relates to men with female traits. Does metrosexual imply that people in the city are more feminine? Does metrosexual imply that women and men in the suburbs are nothing more than dirty, insensitive, badly dressed excuses for femininity?I am sitting here at my computer utterly baffled. I need some answers. I have gone out with numerous men who have described themselves as metrosexual and then expected me to rip off my clothes in joy. I need to do some research.
Ok, here's what I found.

The term metrosexual was coined by Mark Simpson in 1994.He has later written about the term as it has grown in the media.Here’s what he has to say:

“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

Wonderful. Metrosexuals are narcissistic men who spend money on themselves. They can be gay, straight, or bisexual, but that does really not matter because in reality they are in love with themselves and the idea of personal pleasure.Whew. I just wanted to clear that up, because I am sick of men telling me they are metrosexual and then expecting me to fawn over the fact that they like to get pedicures, wear nice clothes, yet screw pretty women. And even if metrosexual did mean a man who has feminine traits, why do men think they needs to come up with a term to disguise and comfort their “femininity”?I am sick of all the labels, and the judgments, and the analyzing, and confusion, and our need to put ourselves in a tiny little group and shout, “This, and only this, is what I want! This, and only this, is what is right!” No need to label. We are all just selfish people, who love life’s little pleasures, and want sex. It’s really as simple as that.