Guys Are Slobs

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A fairly self-explanatory trope which hinges on the lauding of vulgarity, poor hygiene and boorishness as the epitome of masculinity. Works that use this trope proudly revel in uncouth stereotypes of adult men as being poorly mannered, lazy, obnoxious, drunken, gluttonous, filthy, and... well... slobs.

When this trope is used, it is almost always combined with Men Are Uncultured, though the opposite need not be true. A form of The Unfair Sex and Positive Discrimination. Often a key component of Mars and Venus Gender Contrast.

Contrast with House Husband. Also see Men Can't Keep House.

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Examples of Guys Are Slobs include:

Advertising

• Countless beer and fast-food commercials feature men whose social graces are at a level only just above those of baboons. You'd think depicting the consumers of your product in this manner would be a bad idea, but apparently it works.

Animation

• Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin are obvious examples.
• Bill from King of the Hill. Hank, meanwhile, is generally pretty organized.

Film

• The film I Love You, Man has fun with this. Jason Segel's character has many aspects of this trope.

Literature

• A major point of Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys.

Live Action TV

• Jayne Cobb from Firefly, who can be remarkably irritating in his superficiality about such things. He is the only one aboard who claims that the doctor is unmanly because he is a dandy. The others(including Mal and Book who would be very good judges on that score)all respect the doctor's courage even when irritated at him.
• Magnum, P.I. is a mild example of this, as Thomas Magnum and Higgins have a constant slobbery vs snobbery war. But this only goes so far and they are actually friends beneath the mutual snarkery.
• Inverted on Big Bang Theory: Sheldon is very clean and organized, and his female neighbor Penny is the slob. Sheldon once even broke into Penny's apartment to clean up.
• Onslow on Keeping Up Appearances. His perpetually soiled sleeveless shirt is in particular rememberable.

Theater

• A Russian comedian, Yevgeniy Petrosian, had a sketch once where he outlined the typical man's schedule and the typical woman's schedule. The man's schedule consisted mostly of meals, TV, fishing, rest and "relaxation after rest". But it added up to more waking hours, so his conclusion was that men should have Mondays off.
• Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire is this trope.
• Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (while Felix simultaneosly averts it).
  • Moreso in the TV series, where both characters have been utterly Flanderized.

Real Life

• There's a real Canadian Superstore supermarket with an aisle simply marked "feminine hygiene". All the soap the store carries is located there too.