New word for this week: übersexual.
According to Wikipedia, this word is originally from German (über = above, superior) and Latin (sexus = gender). In the book, ‘Future of Men’, written by Ira Matathia, Maria Slazman, and Ann O’Relly, übersexual is one of the concepts of masculinity. Different to metrosexual men that are confident because of their perfect physical appearance, übersexual men have the true confidence and are charming; they have a flaming charisma.
(“Selamat Tinggal Pria Metroseksual, Kompas, 21 January 2007)
Goodbye Mr. Metrosexual!
I am 100% agree with this statement. In this globalization era (this was how I started my reports back in the university time), in this I-pod and silicon chip era, and in this outsource/offshore business, we no longer need metrosexual men, do we? What a man in a tight stripy shirt, boot-cut jeans, and leather shoes, with dyed hair, styled a la Japan boy, can do in a high competitive, multinational, IT Company. Hm, probably he can do something.
But how about men that visit his hairdresser twice or three times in a week just to make sure that he looks okay and moreover he knows exactly the price of every beauty treatment like peeling, hair spa, and body spa? How about men that regularly shop at Zara to buy the newest belt, or ring, or bracelet, or cap, or other accessories to make him more attractive?
Ladies and gentlemen, it is not a sin to shop at Zara or to go to hairdresser. Everybody needs his hair fixed, right? What I underline here is if these activities become his behavior. First, it cost a lot of money. Second, why on earth don’t you make up your brain instead of your physical appearance?
Übersexual men is not the geeks that you found always sitting in front of the teacher in high-school time, wearing thick glasses and well ironed long sleeves white shirt, and carrying dictionaries and some other encyclopedias around. These men are trendy. They are clean and well-dressed, even though he doesn’t always know the latest fashion.
Übersexual men knows who Ahmadinejad is or at least he knows what happened with Adam Air flight. You can talk about politics, economics and other issues in the world with them, even though they are not expert in any of those issues; at least, they understand.
Kompas mentioned Bono as an übersexual icon, together with George Clooney and Bill Clinton. I support Bono. I don’t like the rest. Bono is a public figure. He is a singer of a well-known, high-class band. Yet, he knows what happened in Africa. He knows that thousands of children need to be fed in Darfur.
Finally, Kompas listed 4 differences between metro- and übersexual men:
It is like übersexual man with a little something (important) extra.
Have you ever found a man with this specification? Let me know! *giggling*
(“Selamat Tinggal Pria Metroseksual, Kompas, 21 January 2007)
Goodbye Mr. Metrosexual!
I am 100% agree with this statement. In this globalization era (this was how I started my reports back in the university time), in this I-pod and silicon chip era, and in this outsource/offshore business, we no longer need metrosexual men, do we? What a man in a tight stripy shirt, boot-cut jeans, and leather shoes, with dyed hair, styled a la Japan boy, can do in a high competitive, multinational, IT Company. Hm, probably he can do something.
But how about men that visit his hairdresser twice or three times in a week just to make sure that he looks okay and moreover he knows exactly the price of every beauty treatment like peeling, hair spa, and body spa? How about men that regularly shop at Zara to buy the newest belt, or ring, or bracelet, or cap, or other accessories to make him more attractive?
Ladies and gentlemen, it is not a sin to shop at Zara or to go to hairdresser. Everybody needs his hair fixed, right? What I underline here is if these activities become his behavior. First, it cost a lot of money. Second, why on earth don’t you make up your brain instead of your physical appearance?
Übersexual men is not the geeks that you found always sitting in front of the teacher in high-school time, wearing thick glasses and well ironed long sleeves white shirt, and carrying dictionaries and some other encyclopedias around. These men are trendy. They are clean and well-dressed, even though he doesn’t always know the latest fashion.
Übersexual men knows who Ahmadinejad is or at least he knows what happened with Adam Air flight. You can talk about politics, economics and other issues in the world with them, even though they are not expert in any of those issues; at least, they understand.
Kompas mentioned Bono as an übersexual icon, together with George Clooney and Bill Clinton. I support Bono. I don’t like the rest. Bono is a public figure. He is a singer of a well-known, high-class band. Yet, he knows what happened in Africa. He knows that thousands of children need to be fed in Darfur.
Finally, Kompas listed 4 differences between metro- and übersexual men:
- Übersexual man has interest in principle issues; yet metrosexual man in himself
- Übersexual man spends his time to improve his intellectual rather than his look (or hair)
- Both metro- and übersexual men do respect women; yet übersexual man have more male friends
- Übersexual man is sensual, yet not self-conscious
It is like übersexual man with a little something (important) extra.
Have you ever found a man with this specification? Let me know! *giggling*
Labels: opinion
posted by Oma Nia at
9:36 AM
1 Comments:
ive found one..:D
*really want to change that "one" to "mine" :p
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