#1882: Near oopsing

My DOG, India! I used to read Cosmo, but haven't for years, as it started to seriously suck once Helen Gurley Brown (who I think is CF) left as Editor-In-Chief.

The magazine has always offered tips on how to atract a may-un, but now they are encouraging women to LIE to guys to get them to fork over the engagement ring? That is disgusting!

Maybe guys need to pick up this rag, to see what some women will do, just to protect themselves!

some men know already, why do you think more men are not getting married etc.. we know how sucky it is and how manipulative some women are..

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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

Even when I read Cosmo in my 20's (I'm 42), I still felt it was an awful rag. It was all about snagging a man and pleasing HIM sexually. Never mind about our *own* sexual needs...yes, women do have those needs, too!!! I am often embarrassed by my gender as to how they will stoop to get an engagement ring and into that white wedding gown. A man has to be crazy to get married in this day and age.

As a radical feminist, I find myself more and more taking the male perspective on these things. Feminism means equality for all people rather than f*cking over those with the "y" chromosone for our benefit. Marriage can really f*ck up a man -- especially financially. There are a lot of sucky guys out there...but the gals are surely catching up. Reading that piece in that mag at work on Saturday really ticked me off. What happened to feminism meaning that women take responsibility for their own lives?

Another thing I hate about Cosmo is the little column of where it lists a woman's catty & nasty behaviour toward another woman over a guy or recognition on the job. Many of the women have gone so low to put their "competition's" phone number in areas where men can see it. They have also spread rumours about their "competition" having a STD to keep that coveted man away from her. Many women write in feeling that "all is fair in love and war". No wonder men have such little respect for females. Men rarely f*ck over their friends or other men for a little p*ssy.

I used to love Cosmo when I was in my late teens/early twenties.

Then I started to notice this odd thing:
It never failed that if I was in a good relationship and things were going swimmingly with my love life, every Cosmo article would revolve around how to catch a man, how to date multiple men, how to schedule dates, etc etc. But if I was single and looking for ideas (btw, you'll never meet anyone in a laundromat, and even if you did, um, it's a laundromat. Think about it.), all the articles were things like "Cozy Cooking for Two", "Spa Treatments for you and him" or "How to Tell if He's The One".

I still enjoy the little "Why Don't You..." segments they throw in once in a while. But I don't buy it anymore.

Besides, what does cosmo have to gain by plugging wedding/engagement stuff? They must figure that once you land that man, all you'll want to do is have babies and start reading Women's Day and Redbook. Soon you'll know just what cute halloween craft you can make with empty toilet paper rolls.

I remember the fashion sections and what they thought constituted appropriate work attire. Lot's of leg and cleavage. Woah--that really not what I want to wear to work. Sexuality, sexiness and self-confidence come from within and not how much tit I am showing. People around me know I am confident regardless of what I am wearing.

I bet Cosmo's readers are young--all under age 30 where "getting a man" is a top priority job. I know I was more interested in it in my young 20's and now, I am almost 40! OMG!!! Soon! 40!!! :::Cries::::

OK-- as far as the oopsing - let them perpetuate this stupidity. Women who are that stupid to believe in the allmighty oopsing with a glossy and happy ending deserve what they get - financial and emotional burdens instead of total freedom from a screaming shitling. Find purpose in dissapointment ladies and don't call me selfish when I get back from yet another fabulous weekend of kayaking with my hot husband. Har har har!

It SUCKS to be a MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

(Glad I got that off my chest - yes, my firm perly tits that were never subject to b-feeding a brat or 2 or 3.)

NotQuiteSure Wrote:
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>Soon you'll know just what cute halloween
> craft you can make with empty toilet paper rolls.

Ain't THAT the friggin' truth! I must admit that I have read enough Redbook and Woman's Day issues on long flights and in laundromats. Egg cartons and toilet paper rolls are popular for crafts for the SAHMoo and those toddlers. Men's reading material NEVER has that sort of trip. Isn't it insulting what is passed off s "women's reading material"??? No wonder females are not taken seriously at all...

these magazines, dont understand men, thats the problem, or part of it, therese been articles about how men if they dont want to have sex means they dont love the woman.. but heres a little secret.. sometimes men dont get into the mood, its not because of anything she did, we just dont fancy it at that time.. they put wrong ideas into so many women,check the advertising in the magazines and then the articles and you will find a strange link.. in some..

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I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

I used to read Cosmo religiously when I was in my late teens and early twenties. My dad used to get ticked off when he saw it in my bedroom, because he thought it was 'dirty'. Mom loved the magazine and actually bought it for me, so dad could just sputter and tell me he disapproved! I guess my poor, old dad did not like the idea of his 16 year old daughter reading about clitoral orgasms and rating her boyfriend's oral sex skills!!

LOL...what memories...

ITA that the magazine went down hill fast after Helen left. She was very much a CF lady, and I admired her all of my life. She blazed a hell of a lot of trails, and I thank her for that.

WHY would anyone want to do that? If SO ever proposes to me, I certainly want it to be because he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me, NOT because he fears he knocked me up (which is impossible by the way, he's SNIPPED).

What if the fool's having second thoughts now? Can you imagine the bashing he'd endure?

I stopped reading cosmo when I saw the following recipe for a romantic dessert...
Ingredients:
Angel Food Cake
Canned Whipped cream
Frozen raspberries, thawed
Directions:
Cut angel food cake into slices, top with thawed raspberries and a squirt of whipped cream.

I used to read "womens" and fashion magazines all the time. I also used to be quite depressed and have major body image issues. When I stopped reading those magazines on a regular basis, I found that I felt much better about myself when someone wasn't telling me all the time how fat, stinky and ugly I was.

"I used to read "womens" and fashion magazines all the time. I also used to be quite depressed and have major body image issues."

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Slightly off-topic comment, but did anyone else have a WTF moment when they heard about/saw Tyra Banks show when she put on a fat suit to show how people are prejudiced toward the obese?

IMO, until Tyra Banks STOPS airbrushing her photos to give her that anorexic, but healthy look, she needs to shut up about how overweight people are perceived. After all, her industry PERPETUATES that thin is good and fat is bad.

Cosmo is a horrible magazine. I was perusing my co-worker's issue during my break again last night for some entertainment. Cosmo also has articles on how women try to "one-up" each other for men, success on that job, and regarding looks. It is all very petty and catty. Usually, the women do their "getting even" by telling other people how the other woman is a slut or will f*ck anything. Nice, huh? We have really not come that far. Men's magazines do not encourage fellows to treat each other that way because of the misogynistic attitude of "Bros before H*s".

Cosmo must now be a breeder bible. Breeder sluts that is. I guess breeders need pathedic justification for their crap.

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lab mom

This is one reason why I let my subscription to COSMO lapse and am also doing the same with GLAMOUR and OPRAH. I'd rather fill my mind with the stuff from SMITHSONIAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, RUNNER'S WORLD, & MS. :sam

Oh...god....Oprah and Glamour are almost worse than Cosmo. It is insulting to what passes as women's reading material. Look on any magazine rack and there are throngs of most of the same. Men do have more interesting magazines even though the guys will buy the swimsuit mags to ogle the women or porn magazines.

I gave up subscriptions to all of my women's magazines some time ago. I never have time to read them, and they just clutter up my mailbox until they are thrown away.

Most of my reading is medical journals, trade (public relations) publications or books of interest. I no longer have time for all of that froo-froo about how to make your man's dick tingle or 1,001 recipes for jello salads. Or how to keep your brat entertained. No thanks, I would rather read something else.

By the way, the only reason why I'd subscribed to Cosmo, Glamour, & Oprah was to find out what kind of diet information was being published in the lay press as I'm an RD and needed to keep abreast of what most of my clientele were reading. However, I just can't stand to read their drek anymore.