Looking at 2003’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, 2011’s Metrosexy, this year’s 50/50, and MTV’s Guy Code, you can tell being “mansome” is on the rise.
The typical mansome man, is a young man who has the money to spend for what he needs to feel and look great. I’m a mansome man and I’m straight as can be. Being mansome doesn’t mean you are homosexual.
For some though, that look crosses a line.
“I don’t want a guy to have pencil thin eyebrows,” junior Aimee Reagan said.
And others say it’s too girly or it’s not “manly”. But if you look at most mansome men they all have facial hair: Dave Navarro, Prince, Dominic Monaghan, and even soccer icon David Beckham to name a few. So being mansome doesn’t mean that they’re hairless men. But they’re not as hairy as Zach Galifianakis. Despite what most people think, Galifianakis is definitely not mansome. Just look at that old rug he keeps on his face, he is the polar opposite of a real mansome man.
It’s expensive being mansome. Most guys admit that they would be a mansome man but it’s too much to keep up with.
“I would [get the typical mansome treatment] if someone would pay for me,” junior Demonte Simmons said.
It’s $50 for a back and chest/belly waxing. Being a clean mansome man is important. A picture is worth a thousands words, and don’t you want those words being good words?
“I would totally get a Mani/Pedi if someone would pay for me, YOLO!” sophomore Joey McGinn said.
Just clipping and filing your nails or putting a clear coat of paint on your finger nail, would be the cheapest way of being mansome, just use the $25 you were going to waste on a CD or video game (that you’re going to get bored of in a week anyways) and spend it on a salon treatment. Many guys do this, and it not only makes them look better, but also it’s healthier, and it feels nice to be pampered.
When it comes to a manicure treatment most women feel that having dirty toes and finger is a major turn off and guess what? Mansome men don’t have dirty toes.
“I don’t want my boyfriend to be hairless, but I wouldn’t mind him having clean and pretty toes and fingers.” sophomore Natalie Griffin said.
And when it comes to pedicures you need your feet for everything you do, from walking and jumping. The manliest of men can agree with this.
“If you’re going to be on your feet all day, why wouldn’t want to take care of them?” Simmons said.
I just feel that our society is too quick to judge if something is manly or girly. And now that something that would be consider feminine 40 or 30 years ago is starting to be some-what manly, we need to learn how to balance both.
All the facts are here. You can be handsome and mansome at the same time. Just don’t let old prejudices decide how you take care of yourself.