Women prefer macho over metrosexual men

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 17 (UPI) -- The metrosexual is out -- women prefer low-maintenance, easy-going macho men, who spend their spare time working on the house, a U.S. survey finds.

A Harris interactive survey of 1,128 U.S. women for Dodge Trucks found 47 percent said their ideal man spends his money on electrical gadgets rather than cosmetics, while 41 percent said their Mr. Right was a sports fan.

Only nine percent wanted their man to spend his money on designer clothes, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

In short, the women preferred the charms of masculine, rough-and-ready men such as actors Clive Owen, Daniel Craig and Colin Farrell, over the metrosexual man who cares about clothes and grooming, such as Jude Law, Orlando Bloom and Hugh Grant.

However, British actress Isla Blair, who is married to actor Julian Glover, believes people should look below the surface.

"No matter how macho and tough you look on the outside, on the inside you need someone who is kind and funny," she said. "A man is only macho if he is gentle too. Insensitive and boorish -- that's not macho at all."