It's out with the metrosexual man and in with the hairy blue collar worker thanks to the global financial crisis.
One of Australia's leading demographers, Bernard Salt, says that if evolutionary theory is correct, women have started - or are about to start - turning to stronger, bigger men.
"During the downturn the theory is that women are concerned about safety, security, food supply and so their taste in men will shift from the androgynous hairless metrosexual towards the more muscular primal hairy male," Salt told AAP.
"It will unfold over the next 12 months or so."
Salt, who is also author of the book Man Drought, said he believed the type of men in favour could change next year.
"You might find a very subtle shift in the type of celebrity male or desired male body shape might shift from hairless, sleek, a bit wimpy to the more muscular," he said.
On a global stage, he said actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Zac Efron may become less popular with female fans, while Tom Selleck lookalikes would be back at the top. And he believed tradesmen would start being very popular.
"There's a bit of brawn, muscular, a bit of honest sweat. I'm sure that's quite appealing to some women and the market for that will expand," he said.
"Many tradies are actually making an absolute fortune. If you look at a man as an investment after 20 years they've established their own business they can be quite successful - so I think tradies for ladies should not be underestimated."
Salt says the men are taller, have bigger feet, and are younger.
"I wonder in fact if this is a sociological shift in women's thinking," Salt said.
"Twenty years ago women were eying off a bachelor as husband material, in which case you're sort of looking at something a little older perhaps.
"I think women now entirely think differently, they're sort of more emancipated, more free in their thinking."
Yes, I saw that this morning. I was disgusted at first by the looks from the people in the audience and the panel, but was so glad she got the last laugh.
I find it amazing that some folks assume a person who isn't a plastic stick figured Barbie doll can't have a singing voice, either....as if the two are related or something.
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They've had some amazing talent...to even change that nasty judge's mind...
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Subject: Re: The Clean Panty Thread Vol. 1 Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:00 am
I know there are some really bad stuff to like...
But I so missed cable tv for the last 4 months. I'm kind of glad I'm not able to do much this week.
Guilty pleasures..
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Subject: Re: The Clean Panty Thread Vol. 1 Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:18 am
Isn't that video awesome? Here's a little article about her. This article and that video made my day.....
Boyle's Got Talent
"American Idol" isn't the only launching pad for aspiring singers. Across the pond, "Britain's Got Talent" scored a huge boost in the Buzz after an unassuming contestant gave an amazing performance.
Susan Boyle (remember that name) became a Web phenomenon after singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. The performance brought the audience to its feet and left the judges (including Simon Cowell) either speechless or in tears.
Before going on stage, Ms. Boyle admitted some self-deprecating facts about herself (she's never been kissed and lives alone with her cat, Pebbles). For those reasons and more, audiences were expecting the female William Hung. They were wrong.
Lookups on the sudden star posted huge gains. A no-name just the other day, Ms. Boyle quickly surged into our top 5,000 overall searches. Blogs and gossip rags went wild. The Mirror jumped on the story, reporting that while Ms. Boyle thought she "looked like a garage" on TV, she received a standing ovation when she showed up at her local church.
Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she's already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell's Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you've heard of her, but it certainly won't be the last.
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Subject: Re: The Clean Panty Thread Vol. 1 Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:28 am
Awww...that makes me happy...
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Subject: Re: The Clean Panty Thread Vol. 1 Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:43 am
If you all liked that Susan Boyle, you'll like Paul Potts. Get a kleenex first....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEo5bjnJViA
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Okay, I hope I don't sound like I'm beating a dead horse here, but that video of Susan Boyle's performance really got to me. I watched it several times yesterday and found myself smiling like an idiot while holding back tears.
I ran across an article today that I thought expained why so many have loved this video. I felt compelled to share a part of it because I thought it hit the nail on the head:
.....right now I'm pondering why the experience of watching and listening to Ms. Boyle makes so many viewers cry, me among them. And I think I've got a simple answer, at least for me: In our pop-minded culture so slavishly obsessed with packaging -- the right face, the right clothes, the right attitudes, the right Facebook posts -- the unpackaged artistic power of the unstyled, un-hip, un-kissed Ms. Boyle let me feel, for the duration of one blazing showstopping ballad, the meaning of human grace. She pierced my defenses. She reordered the measure of beauty. And I had no idea until tears sprang how desperately I need that corrective from time to time. Yep. Simple as that. That's why I weep. What's your excuse?
I'm working on some stuff, so yes my name is in black now because I'm an admin. Nay's name should be blue for moderator (if she's not logging in hidden, that is ).
And no, Leo...it's a different person of which you think. LOL! Not the same person. She's my friend from Twitter.
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