He recently had three huge boxes of magazines delivered to him - all men's magazines from all over and it was a surprise that I actually hadn't heard of many of them. Anything from men's health to fashion, sports and even hair (imagine they have one for men's hairstyles!) He was doing some in-depth analysis blah, blah blah...
Anyway, as usual, the nosy me just had to stick my hands into them even before he could. Okay, so some eye candy wouldn't hurt right? But I have to say that halfway through the first box and I was left rather disappointed.
Is it me or are male models getting more effeminate these days? Yes, they have great features and chiseled bods but the complete look just didn't do it for me. Their hairstyles were just not what I would normally associate with masculinity. There was just a certain 'softness' about them despite their muscular and tone bods.
Other than some sports personalities that appeared on several advertisements, the rest were just too girlie for me. I appreciate that they may also be targeting the gay market and I certainly don't have anything against gays but in the economic sense, shouldn't it be the other way around? I'm quite certain that the gays don't outnumber heterosexual males.
But I'm apparently not alone with this view. I checked with some of my male friends and they too expressed the same opinion. In fact many echoed the view that if a magazine is targeted at men, you should either have masculine men or boobs. The effeminate look just turns them away from any product they are highlighting.
In my younger days, there were the fair number of gay models but they certainly didn't outnumber the straight models. Let's just say I had the opportunity to find out quite a number of occasions.
They were hunky, spoke like men and when off camera, spat like men after taking a drink of water. You know the powerful 'kapui' and the water flies out across the field. These days, at a recent shoot I was in, these guys had water dribbling out of their perfectly maintained lips. Even the way they sit is up for debate. You can build up bulk and muscles but you just can't change the way a man casually sits.
This I blame to the phenomenon of the metrosexual male. For heaven's sake - you are either a full-blooded male or not. Just like there is no such thing as a handsome female (expect for the British). All these tags are just blurring up the lines. I'm really a tad disappointed with this whole deal but I suppose I'm just over-reacting I guess. But it does change the way women will have to scout for their partners, that's for sure!
Missus Singapore out!
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