Metrosexualitet
Dagens kunskapspärla för min egen del blir begreppet metrosexualitet, som trevligt analyseras av Maria. Företeelsen beskrevs tydligen först av den brittiske journalisten Mark Simpson redan 1994, men termen fick genomslagskraft först när fenomenet David Beckham knuffades ut ur garderoben. Simpson klargör begreppets innebörd så här:
The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolisbecause thats where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, theyre pretty much everywhere.
