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I know, that is a totally tabloidy title, but that was all I could think about after reading this article on London Times today.

Apparently there are ‘Girly Men’ or ‘Herbivorous Men’ (um – presumably ‘cos macho, butch men are more..carnivorous?) running around in Japan, wearing bras, skirts and frilly pink tops.

And these men are not homosexual by the way. And neither is it transvetism nor cross-dressing, ‘cos there seems to be no sexual fetish involved. Apparently, they:

“have no interest in fast cars, career success, designer labels and trophy women. Instead, they hold down humble jobs, cultivate women as friends rather than conquests and spend their free time shopping at small boutiques and pursuing in Japan what is regarded as a profoundly feminine pastime: eating cakes.”

Actually, they are starting to sound like really good friends to have. We’ll have plenty of common interests, for example, my profoundly feminine pastime of eating cakes.