Jackie Danicki

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A couple of guys I met recently at a party told me that any man (like Antoine) who doesn’t exfoliate or moisturise is “definitely gay” and “insecure in his sexuality”. They then informed me that my boyfriend was “for sure a fag” because his name is Antoine. It may not sound like it, but the conversation amused me (and Antoine, when I told him about it). They were joking about the name thing, but not about the product thing.

I told this story to a friend recently over lunch, where we were joined by her boyfriend. She pointed to his hands, and then to his eyebrows, and they both laughed. He has regular manicures and gets his brows ‘cleaned up’ once a month (though I couldn’t tell from looking at him). At a dinner party, a very butch, married City type looked at her boyfriend’s hands and correctly identified the nail prodcut his manicurist uses on them. “It’s great stuff! I love it!” he exclaimed, showing off his own hands.

I don’t want my boyfriend to be as enthusiastic about make-up and products as I am. While I go nuts whenever anyone tries to equate moisturiser with homosexuality, straight guys who boast about their use of products, as if it were proof of some more authentic manliness, strike me as deeply sad and desperate.

Conclusion: The indifference shown by most men to these things is a million times more attractive than product passion or downright disgust (real or faux).

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