mighty_oat
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For young men there has been a stark change in techniques/advice for becoming more attractive over the last decade or two.
It seems the more feminine 'K-pop' Asian influence is bleeding into western society, and young men are now finding better success by throwing away the old masculine advice and using more 'feminine' approaches, as well as these approaches becoming socially acceptable.
For example, using skin care products, styling your hair, using makeup, shaping eye-brows, and wanting to be lean. These would have been considered something only gay men would do when I was growing up (in the early nineties), and you would have been bullied or socially outcast for doing so. The prevailing view was that you needed to grow your muscles and become more 'tough' looking to get dates, as well as be more 'confident' which usually meant being a cocky bastard and mogging other men socially.
However, I don't think the new advice can be applied for all age groups. As a man ages the appearance of his skin and hair changes, as well as the expectations about what kind of man he should be. Trying to hold onto the feminine 'boyish' style looks for too long may backfire. What is the age where a man has to 'transistion' in his strategy. For example, cutting his hair shorter or becoming more 'buff', or dressing more 'dad-like'?
It seems the more feminine 'K-pop' Asian influence is bleeding into western society, and young men are now finding better success by throwing away the old masculine advice and using more 'feminine' approaches, as well as these approaches becoming socially acceptable.
For example, using skin care products, styling your hair, using makeup, shaping eye-brows, and wanting to be lean. These would have been considered something only gay men would do when I was growing up (in the early nineties), and you would have been bullied or socially outcast for doing so. The prevailing view was that you needed to grow your muscles and become more 'tough' looking to get dates, as well as be more 'confident' which usually meant being a cocky bastard and mogging other men socially.
However, I don't think the new advice can be applied for all age groups. As a man ages the appearance of his skin and hair changes, as well as the expectations about what kind of man he should be. Trying to hold onto the feminine 'boyish' style looks for too long may backfire. What is the age where a man has to 'transistion' in his strategy. For example, cutting his hair shorter or becoming more 'buff', or dressing more 'dad-like'?