Eagerly self-objectifying, second generation metrosexuality is totally tarty. With their painstakingly pumped and chiselled bodies, muscle-enhancing tattoos, piercings, adorable beards and plunging necklines it’s eye-catchingly clear that second-generation metrosexuality is less about clothes than it was for the first. Enter the spornosexual: the jacked up, tatted up, sexed up evolution or ( de-evolution) of the straight man, equally inspired by athletes and porn stars.Īccording to Simpson, the spornosexual cares less about fashion and more about body, body, body: Well that was then and the metrosexual is now the norm. Journalist Mark Simpson coined the term “metrosexual” 20 years ago to refer to the then-groundbreaking trend of straight men essentially queer-eyeing themselves by focusing more on their grooming and personal style.
Hey, here’s a news flash: straight dudes are paying increasingly more attention to their looks and really like to have sex.