Yes, by guybrows we mean eyebrows. And yes, there are, evidently, many men who seek salon care for their unruly brows.
The New York Times recently reported the trend yesterday, quoting Ramy Gafni:
I don’t create an arch for men. You want to take the weight out of it and groom the brow, but you don’t want it to look “done.” Sometimes I even leave a couple stray hairs so it looks less done, and I would never do that for women.
The trend has been seen on the likes of Ryan Seacrest and David Beckham—admittedly famous metrosexuals—but the article goes on to cite a Remington consumer survey which found that “63 percent of men regularly trim their ears, noses, or eyebrows, fewer than those who trim groins (69 percent) but more than those who trim their heads (44 percent), chest (40 percent), or armpits (31 percent).”
Regardless, Gawker writer Hamilton Nolan chose to take a strong stance against the habit, citing it as a slippery slope down the masculinity precipice:
Say it with me, men: “I am proud of my eyebrows. There are many like them, but these eyebrows are mine. I pledge not to pay money to somebody in what is basically a salon (no matter what ridiculous name they may give it) to fuck with my eyebrows. If they get really out of control, well, that’s what clippers are for.”
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Personally, I see this as a logical extension for men who take meticulous care of their appearance. Masculine aesthetic is not static. Whether or not society finds guybrow maintainers attractive is up for discussion, but as far as fashion is concerned, weirder things have happened. And we’ve grown accustomed to them all.
That said, I’d be interested to hear from readers. Who here maintains their guybrows?
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In my last post when i wrote man, i meant ‘ a masculine man’. as feminine men have always excessively decorated themselves in relation to the male beauty standards of the culture they lived in
Eg wiki paintings and read descriptions of the late18C ‘macaroni’.
Ewwww. Sorry to be one of the burkaed guys, but I can’t see males as peacocks and testosterone is a royal pain in our small bummed asses somedays. Any manly character in my range of experience has always been connected to competence, controlled strength and understated kindness verging on gruffness-not in how pretty we be. Pretty “metro’ guys ? . Ewwww. Ewwww^2. Ewwwww^googolplex…ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Are you able to articulate why you feel such visceral disgust at the thought of a man being pretty or beautiful?
Why do you feel it’s wrong for a man to beautify his appearance?
my reading of world history shows me that grooming & men revealing more of their body than women, is the historic norm for men. It is a historical quirk that has currently burkaed men.
we men are the beauty of this species, just like the peacock with his glorious tail and in most (so ive read) species where you can easily identify the sex
Note today how the beauty of the male has been reassigned as female. The testosterone created High cheekbones and eyebrow ridge. Long lean legs, small bum, no hips