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A hairy moment now from Jessy in San Francisco:
My Swiss husband went for his first American haircut last week. He was shocked to find that the only reading material on offer, as he waited for the barber (/stylist), was pornographic mags. (He clarified that it was not merely Maxim or the like, but straight out, hard-core mags like Hustler and Playboy.)
When he asked my brother about it, the explanation was that this is typical and a reaction to the Metrosexual trends of years past. My husband’s barber in Zürich is Muslim and a great fan of all things masculine, but only ever has the daily paper for waiting customers.
Answer me this, please, is this a larger trend then in the US? (We’re here in San Francisco and my brother is in New York.)
Hmm. I’ve never seen porn in a barber’s myself, but then I’m a woman and therefore have no business in a barbershop unless I’m scouting for quartets. I also tend to cut my own hair, but have thus far never warmed myself up to the task with some jazzmags (unless an 18-month-old copy of Word Magazine counts). So readers, go to the comments and tell Jessy all about the reading matter available to you pre-coiffure, in a user-generated international survey.
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February 3, 2011 at 9:21 pm |
He was properly scandalized at the barber shop and then again at home when I asked “heterosexual porn”. He was scandalized again by my brother’s casual “Oh, yeah, that…” response.
February 3, 2011 at 4:32 pm |
hehehe. Barbers.
I have such a racist barber. I do fell compelled to continue utilising his services though. He is so cheap. £6 for a haircut!
February 3, 2011 at 2:35 pm |
Porn at the barber shop? Granted, I’m in Kansas (though in a good-sized city), but my husband hasn’t stumbled on porn, even at the male-oriented places. What, are Sports Illustrated and various fishing mags not enough manliness for the San Franciscan male?
February 3, 2011 at 11:09 am |
I’ve been going to the barber for most of my life and I’ve never seen any form of porn in the barbershop (unless you count 3 year old car magazines as pornographic)
Also, to be honest, I would be a little freaked out if I saw porn at the barbers…