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The more indulgent version of this trope is often paired up with [[All Men Are Perverts]], by way of balancing out the genders' respective weaknesses. All women want to be looked at, and all men want to look. Works that believe in the [[Mars and Venus Gender Contrast]] are especially likely to make use of it. It is the polar opposite to the concept of metrosexuality, and has waned in recent times as mores change and gender stereotypes are discarded, but not yet a [[Dead Horse Trope]]. Contrast [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]], and [[Agent Peacock]], a [[Bishounen]] badass whose vanity will not detract from their worth and respectability. The [[Sharp Dressed Man]] may or may not fall peril to this trope, depending on how ''personally'' he takes his reception, rather than viewing it through a purely detached perspective.

 

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Queer Eye For The Straight Guy]]'' seems to be built around this. Straight, "masculine" men are not expected to know about matters of style and taste, but ''gay'' men can be their tutors.

* Played with in ''[[Frasier]]'', where not only Frasier and Niles' excessive vanity about their clothes and grooming, but simply the fact that they have good taste and style, is seen as effeminate and therefore undesirable. This is despite the fact that they [[Sharp Dressed Man|always look good]] because of this -- oh no, men are supposed to just ''accidentally'' throw on random clothes that they happen to look dashing in.