Retrosexuals beating metrosexuals

We keep hearing about how the modern woman is bored with that throwback to a bygone era, the dinkum Aussie bloke; that she'd much prefer to be wined and dined by a cashed up metrosexual who is also whiz in the kitchen.

But the truth seems to be rather different, if a recent survey of the female members of a large Australian online matchmaking site is any guide. Seems that they'd much prefer the company of real men who can build stuff than sensitive refined types and corporate raiders. As one bloke put it, "the ladies prefer tradies".