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ears, straightening hair, waxing the body, getting fairer in
complexion! So you thought all this is associated with women. He
takes as much time to choose the right moisturizer. For him,
manicures are a bare necessity. And looks matter so much to him…
Meet the metro sexual man.! Metro sexual, an unfamiliar word of
foreign origin, is no longer strange to Chennai.
For decades now, a woman’s definition of men in the looks department
would perhaps translate to “tall”, “dark”, “handsome” with
ruggedness and an unkempt demeanor thrown in for good measure. This
is in stark contrast to most of the squeaky clean, stylish, and
trend conscious males of today. Fashion that was hitherto a women’s
prerogative, seems to have caught up with the masculine gender as
well. Basically, metro sexual is a urban male with strong aesthetic
sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance
and lifestyle.
 There
are a lot of unisex saloons in city catering to all beauty needs of
a guy and upcoming models spend their quality time in here to add
all the ingredients of getting handsome. The make over magic! Ragav,
an engineering college student says, “I don’t find anything so
strange about this concept. All these years I used fair and lovely
discreetly and now I openly use Fair and handsome. Is there any
written rule that guys should not indulge in all this?”
 However
amidst a lot of hype about metro sexual men, there are few who
firmly believe that metro sexual men are just created by media. They
say that a man can be caring loving and emotional without being
metro sexual. The whole image of man is to be someone dependable and
someone who can be considered a role model but the concept of metro
sexual men is completely against this school of thought. However
every topic about metro sexual men is debatable, only time can tell
us if this is a hit or miss in Chennai.
SOWJANYA.S |
