The did-you-know list of Gen Y male characteristics
September 7th 2010 07:03
It's been this way for a long time, but that time may be over if we accept the findings of a new poll which quizzed 1,251 Aussie men aged between 18 and 64 about their interests and grooming habits.
Grooming habits? You can hear the snorts from your traditional ocker blokes right now. Grooming is simple, mate: shave for work, stubble for the weekend.
Not so Gen Y, however. The poll showed:
90 per cent
do not play regular football of any code.
72 per cent
believe they need to toughen up.
66 per cent
do not have a garden shed.
60 per cent
have not bought a power tool in the past 12 months (not surprising if they don't have a shed to keep such things in).
54 per cent
have had some form of beauty treatment: pedicures, manicures, spray tans ...
25 per cent
have never dirtied their hands under the bonnet of a car.
20 per cent
have had their eyebrows shaped in a salon.
20 per cent
have been waxed.
15 per cent
have had a facial
7 per cent
have used concealer to hide a blemish.
The survey, conducted by Galaxy Research, also found Gen Ys were more likely than Gen X or Baby Boomers to split the bill on a first date, and to break up a relationship via Facebook or a text message.
A spokesman for the researchers, Daniel MacPherson (who is Gen X), didn't mince words about the survey findings.
"Gen Ys are self-obsessed," he said. "We've produced a generation of 'me-males', sensitive guys who invest heavily in everything to do with themselves and in 'all things me'.
"They are putting the reputation of the iconic true blue Aussie bloke at risk.''
For any Gen Y guys reading this, let that be a lesson to you. Now go get a garden shed.
Galaxy Research, news.com.au
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