This is whether magazines like cosmo and so on actually give good advice to females about guys. Much like the current myth, all of these magazines seem to promte is "If you dress up all nice and pretty, do your hair really nice the guy you've been eyeing will come up to you and say , wow you look good today" SORRY LADIES IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN, cause unless you look like a super model, and that guy has had pretty good luck with females, he's not gonna start talking to you for no reason.
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....18% Voted for by ElisaRose, -TheLoneWolf-, RebelRebel.
There's nothing wrong with magazines, I think most people read them just for entertainment value and the latest fashions and maybe the sex tips but I don't think many people derive their values from it. I personally hate cosmo and refuse to read it but some of the other ones aren't bad.
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Women Are Beautiful12% Voted for by leos-gurl143, prettyangeleyes.
For the most part, these magazines aren't bad, as fas as the fasion/sex tips go. But most of the time the promote a false sense of beauty for women. They show pictures of super skinny models, and tell you how to act or dress to get a date. Women are beautiful they way they are. I think that these magazines are a bad example for woemn, especially young teenagers. Everyone is unique, but the media always trys to convince us that there is a "right way" and a certain look that everyone should have. I dissagree with that in every sense
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uuhhh : (12% Voted for by trashed, The Blind Bandit.
silly mags like cosmo show an idealised version of the perfect life.... it's fake but people like to believe in fairytales. i used to read stuff like that when i was younger and trying to be the perfect girl (as seen on TV).
now i have got over that stage i am bored by that type of culture.... and also slightly worried, i mean, i could still be buying into that crap had not certain events made me see sense....
i think you'll find that nice guys will be tolerant of girls needing to justify themselves by making themselves into dolls- nasty, vain guys will want a showpiece on their arm for the status it gives them with the other assholes.
the nice guys would prefer you to be honest, show your flaws and they will feel better about their own
for example i used to cover up a birthmark on my neck religiously. it isn't that bad but i was embarrassed about this flaw in my 'perfection' then one day my boyfriend saw it, and i found out he didn't mind it at all, and actually he had his own little secret imperfection which he now felt confident enough to share with me- so, take the plunge, go out with no make up on and see what happens!
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Those magazines12% Voted for by Embers of Elm, The Blind Bandit.
Magazines liek that are for the lesser intellegnt half of society... Unless your picking out a hair cut...
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Good/EvilVoted for by Aphasia.
I have read Cosmo for a long long time. I think that it is both good and bad. Believe it or not, some of the articles are very educational. I have read about everything from wars in foreign countries to self defense and safety tips. As far as the fashion and makeup tips are concerned, some women feel lost in these areas without guidance, so it actually helps their confidence. Now for the bad: I have about ten Cosmo magazines right now, and on the cover of every single one of them, there is a featured article with a title like "How to get into your guy's head", "15 Secret Tests Guys Use to Size You Up" etc. I think that being bombarded with these articles makes a woman feel that she has to have some secret strategy to nab herself a man, and that she's not smart enough to understand them herself. As much as some articles promote self confidence and loving yourself for who you are, the constant message is still the same. Buy all the products the magazine is promoting because if you dont look like the model on the cover, then you're not worth anything AND use all these tricks given to you to catch a man because you being yourself alone wouldn't cut it.
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i love cosmoVoted for by sinfulseduktriss.
i get a lot of my outfit, makeup and other ideas from magazines like cosmo. actually cosmo is the only magazine that i read. when it comes to sex, cosmo is my bible, you wouldn't believe the things that i have learned from that magazine. so now i have turned it into my bible for things like sex, and it also has a lot to teach women about their bodies that will tell them if something is wrong, and i see this to be very valuable information. so in conclusion, i love cosmo, and any magazine that it can compete with because if you really read them, then they really do have some valuable information in them ~Emily~
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Yes and NoVoted for by RuthArabellaTrasher.
Yes, because they have some pretty nifty stuff in them, such as makeup tips, hairstyles, ect. However, I also think they put men in a bad light. Almost condemning them to eternal Hell or something.
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?Voted for by blubber.
some parts are and some not, these magazines give an unrealistic image of what real women should look like, what's popular, and useless crap like that. But some parts aren't that bad, like how to apply make up.
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sureVoted for by Mujtaba H Zaidi.
Magazines play an important role in determining the changing fashion styles, and ladies/women folk read these magazines with love and interest.
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Haha.Voted for by Oral Fixation.
Maybe if you dressed up real pretty and had a better out-look on life, and were personable and smiled sweetly, some guy would randomly come up and talk to you.
Plus those magazines are what gives us tips, men. How do you think we learn to do those positions, lol!
And models are real people. Go to style.com and search the model 'Britni Stanwood'. The Sister of a significant other.
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NoMagazines like Cosmo teach women how to entertain men, not how to get a good one. To get a guy, you need three things:Voted for by Spartan-015.
1. A skimpy outfit
2. An age of under 30
3. Alcohol
If you want good tips, just talk to your doctor or some other female friends. If you're in college, it's good conversation with your dorm buddy.
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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the cover of this month's Cosmo is a woman who looks like she's never seen a sandwhich in her life. Cosmo, along w. Vogue, Maxim, and TONS of other magazines promote negative self image and worse. It's funny- there has been all of this news coverage lately about how so many American's are overweight. I don't know a single fat 12 yr old girl. But I know a lot of them (my daughter is 11, just so no-one gets creeped out by that) who will skip breakfast and lunch and eat next to nothing for dinner. Magazines like these promote unrealistic images of what it is to be a woman. There is a "skinny" craze going on that is absolutely horse shit. I'm too young for this, so most of you probably won't know- but does anyone remember the model Twiggy? Google her. You're right. A magazine like this says, "If you wear the right clothes, puke after you eat, and put out on the first date, true love will be yours." I don't think the majority of people who read those magazines use it as something to base their values on. But those articles are written BY WOMEN. Women are telling other women, "5 Steps to Drive your man wild in bed!" If you're in a relationship w. a guy and you can't be open enough to ask him what he likes, you are probably in the wrong relationship. I could rant on and on about this stuff. I see my daughter and her friends get upset because they don't look like the models on the covers of those magazines and it INFURIATES me. Ask ANY guy you know if he likes girls that have more bone showing then flesh. Ask any guy you know whether or not he thinks the articles in those magazines are helpful to his girlfriend. It's a bunch of crap and a HUGE part of what's wrong with our society today. :)Please register or login to comment! It's totally free