Single ladies, this is for you. After blind dating, you can now go find your eligible date in a store. Fun idea or new social low?

Single ladies, this is for you. After blind dating, you can now go find your eligible date in a store. Fun idea or new social low?

    The next time you’re in Paris you might do more than just buy things at avant garde boutiques and patisseries…and ‘purchase’ the man of your dreams! A dating site has created a new store in the City of Romance, where women browse the aisles and shop for their dream man. While single guys will stand in lifesized boxes looking like human dolls, the gals can muse over which guy they would want to go on a date with. The idea is to actually ‘trybefore-you buy’ by seeing what a man looks like in the flesh before they agree to a date, putting an end that risk connected with online social profiles. 
 
‘WE SHOULD HAVE A MAN STORE HERE’
An exciting idea? “Why not?” laughs model Alesia Raut. “Trends are changing and I think it’s a good fun idea. I’m an old school of thought person but I’m sure girls will find the idea different and fun. I’m with a new idea as long as no one is emotionally harmed.”
    Model Dipti Gujral is also kicked about it. “Wow, we should have a man store here! I’m not sure if this will work in our cultural set-up, but it seems like a fun idea. It’s quite liberating actually; it will give women power and put the oldstyle dating technique out of the window. Finding a suitable date in a boutique this way is surely going to make guys more accessible.” And would she stop by the Parisian pop-up boutique? “Yes, I’d like to check out the guys for
    fun; I don’t know who’d catch my fancy,” she giggles.
    While women feel that as the idea is about the two things they love: men and shopping, it will be a hit, some have other thoughts. Says singer Sona Mohapatra, “Look, I know I’m going to put off a lot of people by saying this, but Indian men are not largely known to be eye-candy; so I can’t say how great an idea it will be here.” 
 
‘BACHELORS ON DISPLAY IDEA IS DEMEANING’ Rohan Sharma, a Mumbai-based executive feels the idea of posing in a store is wrong. “A ‘bachelors on display’ idea is demeaning,” he says.
    Adds Vitesh Aggarwal of a Delhibased men’s rights foundation, “With the kind of financial independence that women are getting the world over, guys are being used as a commodity. It’s like buying a bag or a new dress, which is totally incorrect. If we allow this kind of system here, it will destroy family values.”