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Body Hair Concerns Afflicts Real American Men
The Washington Post published a fresh feature on the state of male
grooming this week suggesting body hair awareness should be added to 'slack
gut, man-boobs, back fur and being regarded as a metrosexual' as issues
real men should now worry about.
"Guydom, manhood, it's all different now," Post columnist Neely Tucker
advised,
"Guys used to attract women with their confidence, muscle, power,
fearlessness. Now you've got to have a position on shoulder sprigs (hair)."
GQ columnist Glenn O'Brien agreed, declaring 'body hair is a major
category of what guys worry about, it's in the realm of 'What color socks
match my shoes and pants?' though (bearded) British DJ Very Very Very
Wrong Indeed promoter Tim Sheridan was not so sure.
"I think it's more of a gay/lady thing to give it any thought," Tim
claimed. "Personally I'm not very hairy on the body but it doesn't bother
me in other people of either gender."
Electro-rock-new rave DJ Joost Van Bellen told Skrufff he also doesn't
groom his body hair, explaining "I don't have much hair and it's
blonde.' though added 'pubic hair needs a cut nowadays,
"Having a goatee hanging underneath is disgusting."
The (happily gay-looking) Dutch star admitted, however, that he spends
plenty of time grooming his moustache, which he grew on the advice of
the Glimmers and Princess Superstar after wearing a fake one when
dressed as a pirate at Avenue D's Miami underwear party two years ago.
"My moustache is very reddish blonde, ginger as you may call it," said
Joost " So I have it coloured at the hairdressers and it I don't have
enough time I use mascara, a very dry one, otherwise I get into trouble
when I drink. I also trim it myself every couple of days, as I hate
moustaches that cover your upper lip, they're not chic."
Joost said his moustache means he gets more grief from customs and
immigration officials as well as teasing from girl clubbers 'disgusted by
it',
"When girls say they don't like my moustache, I tell them I don't like
theirs too. which helps, they all get very offended," he laughed, "My
Mum hates it too."
Tim Sheridan said the amount of time he devotes to his beard varies
('it depends entirely on the particular style one is sporting. A
"Huntsman" is fairly low maintenance but a "Dali" is constant preening') though
revealed it's become easier the longer he's had a beard..
"There are unguents and waxes and even little hairnets that you wear in
bed but a true 'grower' tends to find that after some years your facial
hair goes into shape of it's own accord," said Tim, "If I leave mine
untouched for a few weeks it tends to form a curly 'tache of its own
volition. I believe it's called "hirsute memory" in medical circles."
He also said, like Joost, his facial hair draws mixed reactions from
clubbers when he's out and about,
"It's like being in a wheelchair, some people are nice, some avoid you
and some come on like retards. Having a beard or 'tache is like having
X ray spex. You immediately get a fair impression of someone by their
reaction to you," he said.
"The best people tend not to appear to even notice. Some people, often
young girls, get a bit freaked out and ask "is it real?" As if I would
answer "No, I spend a couple of hours putting on an uncannily
convincing false moustache every day."
"I think there is a general body dysmorphia which is sadly an epidemic
these days," Tim concluded,
"Young women and gay men hate their bodies very subtly and are alarmed
by anyone who doesn't care or is too uncommon. They spend so much time,
money and energy on their own appearance and judging others it disturbs
them when confronted with an apparent freak," he suggested
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