boys...sigh

Went to see The Hangover, again, last night...wow, Bradley Cooper me likey...yumm yumm *shudder* hmmmm...sorry...what was I saying?

Ok, so me like the Coop, and apparently younger (than me) men in general these days. I hadn't really realized my new "type" until Smash pointed it out to me while she was here. She said it was obvious to her, based on my new crushes (both celebrity and real life) and the men who turned my head while we were out and about. Huh, interesting...I have ALWAYS liked older guys, way older, DH is 19 years older...my previous crushes (Clooney etc.) were in their 40s...not sure why the sudden shift, but who the hell cares, right? Well, according to a recent article in The New York Observer titled The New Male Beauty, I am just following a trend. In the article, "new research" has shown that the modern woman is no longer attracted to "manly-men" and instead prefers "girly-men" a.k.a. boys.

"But according to Leonard Lee, a Columbia University professor who has written about physical attractiveness, recent research has indicated that women are now finding common features of the New Male Face—like big smiles, smaller chins and a wider distance between the two eyes—more compelling...In other words, perhaps in parallel to their own filler frenzy (see Jonathan Van Meter’s 2008 cover story on the New New Face in New York magazine), women have literally become attracted to men who look like babies. Is this what feminism has wrought?"

OH NO...NO, NO, NO, NO, NO...yuck, yucky, yuck, yuck, and an informal poll of the girls I work with revealed we DO NOT want a girly man. No siree (oh and JD, despite me calling you that from time to time, don't worry, I know you aren't, I just like to tease). NO, in fact, we want a hairy chested, wide shouldered, strong jawed, MAN. We want a guy who can pick us up and put us on the kitchen counter (or dresser, or up against a wall, or...ok, stopping now), who doesn't spend more time on his hair than we do, who DOES NOT, for GOD'S SAKE, wear skinny jeans. We don't want to outweigh, or be outspent on personal grooming by, our guys.

I thought it was interesting that the article basically said that because of the new crop of leading men (Zac Ephron etc.) it was obvious we ladies liked the pretty boys. Yeah, sorry, no...I think if anything it proves the movie studios are catering to the under 18 girly girls and 12-30 gay boy set. Every woman over 30, that I know, thinks Ephron would snap in half if we got our hands on him, and so therefore, would not be a good lay. Plus, he probably wouldn't want to get his hair messed up...ech.

Anyhoo...I just found it interesting that my dear sister pointed out my changing preference right about the time this article came out, and I wondered if I was just following the crowd. I usually am not one to hop on the trend bandwagon. Then again, if Bradley Cooper is a trend, I would be happy to hop on him.