Comments on: Sex and Gadget Mags

By: Shagalang

Shagalang — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:01:32 +0000

Now what’s on the front cover of Good Housekeeping I wonder? Probably not a half naked man!

By: 21st Century Mummy

21st Century Mummy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:38:44 +0000

David you’re right. Best thing is to boycott the magazine. This is what I did with the magazines that triggered my post. I was in the mood for some browsing and was so annoyed by the irrelevance of the covers that I put the magazines back on the shelf and (chuckle) picked up a copy of Good Housekeeping instead.

By: D

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:47:49 +0000

I’d like to see it. Men would know what it was like to be seen as ‘meat’ half the time. I bet women wouldn’t buy the mags if the front cover wasn’t relevant though!

By: botgirl

botgirl — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:42:23 +0000

I wasn’t talking about male mags- many of them do show half naked women on the cover to sell them. I meant if the situation was reversed and women’s magazines had half naked men on the front cover to sell them. Ok,it wouldn’t annoy you but I know that some of my friends’ partners wouldn’t be thrilled. What do you think Not Just a Pretty Mum?

By: David Nettleton

David Nettleton — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:07:06 +0000

Botgirl - why do you think it may annoy men? I couldn’t care less. If images of half-naked people were on the cover of a cricket or football magazine, my ‘protest’ against this irrelevance would be to ‘boycott’ the publication. But I wouldn’t complain about it. Life’s too short.

By: botgirl

botgirl — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:29:50 +0000

What we need is for ‘Peoples Friend, the Lady and ‘Woman’s Weekly to start having half naked hunks on the front. Only proplem is that although it may annoy men, it wouldn’t sell to women who want more than sex to fulfil them.