Queer Nation

Interesting bit being well covered over at Gawker about the new social meme du jour 'metrosexuals', by which they mean the current crop of fashionable, foppish, dandyish and yet somehow sexually straight men. Guys with frosted hair and $100 tee shirts. Guys who loofah.

"Metrosexual" is a clever term, but it's kind of a lingual dodge. You don't know right off the bat what's going on, because being a metrosexual is not a sexual behavior at all.
What you should do is call these boys what they are : fags. A true 'metrosexual' would want to fuck an entire city, a condition for which we already have a convenient term : "Bloomberg."

I've mentioned in the past how I don't equate homosexuality with faggy behavior, due to my own firsthand experience with gay men, who for the most part seem essentially the same as straight guys, until they start with the rim jobs. Homosexuality is not a personality trait any more than being a blonde is a personality trait.
Bad example. Any more than being green eyed, say.

Faggy behavior, on the other hand, is a self esteem issue, which is why I detest it so. It's a cry for attention. That it's becoming more common is not a good sign for society, it's yet another marker of our preoccupation with ourselves.

Christopher Lowell doesn't act like that because he's gay, Christopher Lowell acts like that because he's an emotional cripple. The Discovery Channel has him on because that's unfortunately still the popular idea of what it is to be gay. They figure if you're the sort who will sit still for a pseudo-interior design show in the middle of the day, you probably want your designer nice and faggy so you know what's what, and so they went with the most broadly faggoty grown man they could find besides Joan Rivers, who already had a gig.

Metrosexuals are just another sign that our culture is really past due for a little perspective. Where's the new black plague that we've been promised by the Left Behind types for so long?

Incidentally, these dandy fuckers are why it now costs a minimum of $50 to get your oil changed.
The boys down at the garage know very well that there are about 6 real guys left who know where the drain plug is, that it's not a euphemism for your asshole, and who are willing to risk a nail.