I overheard two suits talking on the morning train last week. You’d expect these dapper, corporate types to be talking about deals they’ve clinched, chicks they scored with over the weekend or at least the World Cup. No, they were swapping tips for getting dishes clean. What’s happened to the Aussie macho these days?
I’m still trying to get a handle on the term ‘metrosexual‘ – a man demonstrating some of the traits normally ascribed to homosexuals (eg well-groomed), but is actually heterosexual – but I didn’t get the impression that it applied to these men. It just seems to be part of the new gender equality and sharing of housework that is life in modern Australia.
I must admit to keeping half an ear on the conversation to see if they started bitching about what kind of trash Lindsay Lohan was.