Ubersexual is inspired by the term metrosexual and the recent obsession with
male stereotyping which also spawned the descriptions retrosexual and
technosexual.
Technosexual refers to a metrosexual with a strong interest in
technology. The retrosexual is in some sense the forerunner of the
ubersexual, the classically average male who represents the antithesis of
the metrosexual. Advertising company J. Walter Thompson, the original
promoters of the term, pinpoint various criteria by which metrosexuals and
ubersexuals can be distinguished.
These include propositions such as: 'while
the ubersexual is passionate about causes and principles, the metrosexual is
only passionate about himself', and 'while the ubersexual grooms his mind,
the metrosexual grooms his hair'!
