Hermaphroduded

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Amusing article I read on a news site today which made me laugh.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15640589-13762,00.html

[quote] New bloke is no joke
By Liam Houlihan
17-06-2005
From: Herald Sun

A NEW breed of ultra-feminine straight men has arrived that make the metrosexual look like a rugged caveman.
Variously called “mirls” - male girls - or “hermaphrodudes”, they’re not afraid to carry a manbag, wear feminine jewellery, spend a fortune on fashion or work in traditionally female jobs.

Yet when it comes to romance they remain committed to pursuing the opposite sex.

While metrosexuals could be identified by their pink T-shirts and occasional moisturiser, hermaphrodudes take it a step further, wear pink scarfs and work in women’s fashion and lingerie shops.

In recognition of the mirl revolution, female fashion chain Sportsgirl released a line of “boy jewellery” specifically for guys.

Sportsgirl spokeswoman Prue Murphy said the line of wood and bead necklaces, bracelets and leather chokers and wrist straps had sold well.

“Girls would buy them for their boyfriends or a guy might come in with his girlfriend and see them and take an interest,” she said.

“Guys are definitely taking much more care in the way they look and it’s not considered bad to be wearing bracelets.”

New research by youth forecaster Lifelounge shows urban lads spend only slightly less on fashion than females of the same age.

Nearly half of males between 16 and 29 spend more than $150 a month on fashion, and nearly one in five spends more than $250.

Auskar Surbakti said he was simply one of a lot of guys who were not particularly macho.

The proud owner of three pink shirts, a new pink scarf, and 10 man-bags, insists on “a different bag for different occasions” and struggles to leave home with just a wallet and a phone.

The student, 21, spends a quarter of his income on fashion and reckons his mates are baffled as to how he can pay $100 for a haircut.

“I just bought a pink scarf and didn’t think twice about it because I thought it would go with my pink striped jumper,” he said.

Mr Surbakti’s feminine traits and habitual use of lip balm and chapsticks does nothing to put off female suitors.

A female admirer once even paid $50 for a kiss from him at a university fundraiser.

Mr Surbakti is part of a global trend that has also been described as the birth of “hybrid man”.

International research spearheaded by French marketing and style consultants recently found that macho men such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are an endangered species. [/quote]

Are these the ‘Olivers in pink shirts’ taking their next step towards fashion obsession or is it a new breed or man set to take over the world?

Is this one step closer to many men wearing a dress? Does the hermaphrodude’s jewellery, bracelets and personal manbag set the T-Vixen’s heart alight? Does the thought of eating a meal together with the woman’s handbag and ‘his’ handbag on the same table turn the T-Vixen on?!

The last line states ‘International research…found that macho men such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are an endangered species.’

Does this mean checkmate to hermaphrodude with the all hot looking women and many desperate and dateless nights for the hard working T-Man?!!

Have we under-estimated the pink shirt brigade and their quest to take over the world and paint it pink? Will they then close down T-Nation?

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The kind of girls that I’m interested wouldn’t be attracted to a ‘mirl’.

Good for them, I’m always happy to see ppl taking themselves out of the race.

But one thing, I use chapstick! When it’s cold, cracked lips suck!

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I didn’t read that bit. I have the good ol chapstick in the glovebox from time to time. Splitting your lip with a stream of blood isn’t so good though. Yeah good joke man, ‘haha!’, ‘argh me lip!’

Seems these mirls are trying to claim a simple chapstick is the same as scarf wearing behaviour to make it seem more normal?

What next, wearing socks is the same as wearing a pink scarf? You filthy mirls!!

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This bit worried me,

“Nearly half of males between 16 and 29 spend more than $150 a month on fashion, and nearly one in five spends more than $250.”

New clothes are nice and everything but come on, where do they find the money for this. I might spend that much on clothes in a year!

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It’s all just marketing…
Happened before in the 60’s.
just my 2cnts

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I agree with sxio. The girls I would date wouldn’t go for a mirl. I have yet to see one of these creatures though… the only guys I’ve seen dressed so gayly are, well, gay guys. Come to think of it, the girls I would date don’t even dress like that…

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[quote]Sxio wrote:
Good for them, I’m always happy to see ppl taking themselves out of the race.
[/quote]

Oh yeah, have to agree on this one. This is why I can’t understand why people react so strongly to categories of people that are different, when at the end of the day, they’re just “taking themselves out of the race”.

BTW - the above is a bit more common this side of the pond. I find a good slap upside the head straightens them out.

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[quote]Paulos wrote:
This bit worried me,

“Nearly half of males between 16 and 29 spend more than $150 a month on fashion, and nearly one in five spends more than $250.”

New clothes are nice and everything but come on, where do they find the money for this. I might spend that much on clothes in a year![/quote]

Especially as students. I guess I’ll have to give up shopping at Old Navy…which, by the way, has “United States Flag” tee-shirts on sale for $5 up to size XXXL over the internet. I usually cut the sleeves off to work out in them but I guess I’ll have to find a few $100 Dolce & Gabbana shirts to train in.

If anyone ever sees me in a pink scarf, you have my permission to choke me with it. Don’t worry about me fighting back because I am sure all testosterone and aggression would be depleted at that point.

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Pendulum swing. It’ll come back; with that little T running through them, they can’t reproduce for long…But I suppose they could recruit instead??

‘Mirls’…I like that!

I agree with the rediculous amount spent on “fashion”. Must be Bankruptcy-bound students in waiting.

Matthew

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Okay, I think these guys are just crafty bastards.

You know what type of women is going to go for this?

It’s going to be those really hot lesbians that make you bust out of your pants because you know they are really horny and adventurous, but they despise you simply because of your gender.

Damn, you also know not many other guys have banged the chick… so, well, use your imagination. And, they probably have lesbian friends that you can experiment with too…

Down boy, down!

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Ummmmmm no vroom. There is nothing crafty or intelligent about this behavior. Men should act like men in order to be in a relationship with a woman. This is just weak minded pansies who are accepting the social programming of demasculizing men. A real woman is attracted to masculine power, respect, noble love and a huge male sex drive. She males are attracted to other girls with penises like these so called mirls. I think she males are gonna become the new third gender in america, or possibly eroupe.

V

[quote]vroom wrote:
Yet when it comes to romance they remain committed to pursuing the opposite sex.

Okay, I think these guys are just crafty bastards.

You know what type of women is going to go for this?

It’s going to be those really hot lesbians that make you bust out of your pants because you know they are really horny and adventurous, but they despise you simply because of your gender.

Damn, you also know not many other guys have banged the chick… so, well, use your imagination. And, they probably have lesbian friends that you can experiment with too…

Down boy, down![/quote]

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Fuck, lighten up Veg!

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So you saying these ‘mirls’ (can’t wait to say ‘get off the road you mirls!’) are taking this ‘angle’ to get into the pants of hot lesbian girls who don’t like the masculinity of T-Men and that these hot lesbian girls may even contemplate bringing in other hot lesbian friends into ‘sessions’ with the mirls?

I’ve underestimated their planning skills. haha

I agree on the comment about not being attracted on a personality level to the type of girls that would go for them. But I admit on a physical level, I’ve seen some very hot young women walking past and then cursed on the inside as their hands are firmly gripped with a shark-fin hairstyled bright shirt wearing guy weighing 80 lbs. Raised my blood pressure for a second. :wink:

Anyway, it’s short lived. Can’t see women liking the day when these guys begin stealing their girlfriend’s makeup and ear-rings.

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Stop all the hatin’!

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What is the world coming to??? But as mentionned, less real men does equal more quality women for us, I hope! I agree with Professor X, real men dont spend hundred bucks for a tshirt to exercise in. I mean are you there to train seriously? My advice to these Mirls, get out of my way, go home and go put some makeup on, make up your mind your either gay or straight.

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[quote]vroom wrote:
Fuck, lighten up Veg![/quote]

Veg, take a deep breath, let the bong smoke clear and relax!

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[quote]mike08042 wrote:
What is the world coming to??? But as mentionned, less real men does equal more quality women for us, I hope! I agree with Professor X, real men dont spend hundred bucks for a tshirt to exercise in. I mean are you there to train seriously? My advice to these Mirls, get out of my way, go home and go put some makeup on, make up your mind your either gay or straight.[/quote]

Men, brethren, may I pose to you the dillemma I faced with popular brand name clothing?

If you read to the end, perhaps you wont deem me off of my rocker. The story is slightly embelished for potentiall comic effect, but it’s based of true events and life experience.

I’ve always been the guy who’s worn the diminished fashions to the gym. If a t-shirt has a rip, if it’s getting old, if it has a hole in it, it gets placed in the “workout clothes” drawer. Hell, I don’t even wear my Nation shirts to the gym, those are for going out and are cared for with deep affection. Or, rather the deepest affection a guy like me can muster for an article of clothes anyway.

Then, by happenstance, I was gifted a couple of (for legal purposes I’ll call them…) “over-armour” shirts, the baggier style, not the skin-tight. I reeled back from it’s sheen, it’s palpable silkiness. The only other time I’ve worn something of this nature were the thermals I was gifted to wear as a base layer for snowboarding. The person who presented me these shirts said “I know you work out a lot, and I heard that they are awesome for working out” I graciously accepted and decided to give them a try the following week.

Gents, if you’ve never worked out in over-armour before, may I tell you that it’s a pretty freaking awesome experience, at least I thought so. I knew I was working hard, yet the shirt didn’t undergo the regular soaking that my traditional shirts would endure. This fabric breathes man, it breathes! I declared to myself, never again am I going to wear my old Tool “lateralus” shirt to the gym, or even my old “I eat glue” shirt that no longer had sleeves or a reputable collar.

I was sold on over-armour, I got on that wagon and preached the good word any chance I had…

Catching sweatsoaked dudes at the drinking fountain: “dude, you gotta get on board with the over-armour! Here rub my armpit! It’s dry!!”

Their general reply after getting over the fact that a drooling balding bull of a man is pitching a clothing brand at the fountain was “Wow, I never knew…”

Yes gents, studious care of these prized articles of clothes had me bopping around the gym in magnificent comfort for a strong couple of months.

Then I began to recognize some wear. Yeah no shit, I rotated two shirts through at least 4 workouts a week.

“No biggie” I thought, I’ll just stop by the sporting goods store and snag a couple more. Excited by the prospect of making a quality purchase on my workout comfort, I hustled to the store and asked the girl at the counter where the “over-armor” section was.

She pointed it out to me and I anxiously sauntered over, anticipating the choices of colors on the over-armor pallate. I found the colors I wanted rather easily, shuffled through the sizes and within minutes had my new shirts in hand. I snagged my wallet and figured I better check the pricetag to determine if I had enough cash or if I might have to lay down the charge on the debit card…

Wait for it…

“48 dollars? A piece? What-the-hell??”

I was knocked off of my pedistal, I shook my head, rubbed my eyes, felt that uncomfortable rising blush travel from my neck to my ears.

I felt betrayed, walked upon, lead on, nay even cock-teased by what I assumed would be no more than an $18 replacement for the shirts I had worn out.

Quick deduction told me there was no way on this planet I would pay 48 dollars for one shirt that I would be using for excersize exclusively. I spun around with conviction, telling myself “over-armour didn’t make you any stronger dude, it didn’t lift or re-rack the weights for you, you my friend can go without…”

I gently placed the shirts back in their rack, sliding my fingers down the silky length of one them, issuing a longing goodbye as I stepped away from the over-armor section for good. As I exited the store I came across the attendant who had directed me earlier.

“You decided against the over-armor?”

“Yeah, I didn’t see any colors that I wanted…”

Lesson learned the hard way. To this day I haven’t purchased over-armor on my own. Granted I didn’t go back to the “workout clothes drawer,” but the $6 Berzees brand T-shirts at Target are a lot easier to live with, without compromising my fickle additude toward spending extravigant amounts of dough on clothes. Yeah, I soak through my shirts every day, but hey, over-armor never lifted or re-racked the weights for me now did it.

So until the next time a birthday or christmas rolls around when I don’t need a battery charger, a dremmil, new hiking boots, or a LED headlamp, over-armor will remain a memory.

Long post! Fuck it, its a slow day at the office…

GAINER

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Under armour, loose fit, makes my traps stand out to “club scene” perfection. I own a few for the soul purpose of that effect. I would never work out in them though…because they cost too damn much. That is why Old Navy shirts with the sleeves cut off fill up a whole drawer for “work out clothes”. Catch 'em on sale and you pay as low as 5 bucks a shirt. For 5 bucks, I don’t mind sweating in them until they drip.

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[quote]Elkhntr1 wrote:
vroom wrote:
Fuck, lighten up Veg!

Veg, take a deep breath, let the bong smoke clear and relax! [/quote]

I rant on these new ultra feminine mirls on a site called testosterone and guess who jumps in and attempts to make fun of me. Are you two mirls in training or something?

Vroom I know you were fucking kidding. I was just having some fun with ya, I thought that was kinda what you were after. God, can’t friggin please anyone these days.

V

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Man-bags? Don’t they mean fag-bags?