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'Cosmopolitan' - soft porn?

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'Cosmopolitan' - soft porn?

from JoeUser Forums

I've read Cosmo on and off since I was a teenager (for those of you who don't know, that's over 20 years).  I used to enjoy it; there were some good articles about (then) current events as well as beauty and fashion hints and ideas.

In the past few years though, Cosmopolitan seems to be all about sex.  From suggested sexual positions to naked men to reader's confessions about the best sex they ever had......it's verging on becoming nothing better than soft porn. 

Take this month's issue, for example.  The cover reads: 'Beyond karma sutra; advanced sex positions', 'His butt, what your guy's bum reveals about his personality', 'The power of pre-sex', 'Guess what he's really thinking in bed', '50 ways to have fun with your man' and 'There's a hottie under here'.  There's the token celebrity on the cover and an article about 'sexy new hair looks' ...but the rest is about carnal actions and boys.  There's even an article inside comparing condom's by brand and type (ribbed, flavored etc).

Perhaps standards have changed since I was in Cosmo's target audience ( according to demographics, I'm still on the high end of that), but I honestly didn't think that things have changed that much.  Is this really what young women are interested in?  Boys, boys, sexual techniques to use with boys, and more boys? 

I'm really disappointed with Cosmo.  If I wanted to see naked men and read about sex, I'd buy a copy of 'Playgirl'. 

I don't think I'm going to be buying Cosmo anymore.  Unless they drastically change their content, they just lost themselves a reader.

 

 

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
not that i believe you for a second, myrrander, but such principle makes me warm in the belly.


Um, yeah, actually, I purchased a Cosmo subscription and one to "Bitch" magazine.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top

I think that the 'Confessions' are slightly embellished (and I'm being conservative when I describe them as such), and as for the positions...well, in 11 years of a marriage that has a very healthy physical side to it, I can tell you that we have NEVER read a magazine article about sexual positions and thought to ourselves "ooh, we must try that!".


Confessions being embellished? Heck, I think they're the same aspiring writers that write to the Penthouse "Letters" forum...they just change a few details, an innie to an outtie, and there ya go!


As for the sexual positions, I have to say with some embarrassment that we DID go through an "experimental" stage, only to find most of the positions impractical and, uhh, possessing much  the same results. So, we pretty much put the kibosh on that....lol

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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
I use to read Cosmo around the time I was seventeen...a long time ago. No one told me that the people were not "real" and that the articles were nothing but fluff. Boy was I disappointed in my early twenties (also a long time ago) when I didn't lead an exciting "Cosmo" life. Hey maybe I should charge them for all that therapy.

I don't think Cosmo has changed that much, dharmagrl. I just believe you are getting older and wiser.

P.S. If any of you are really leading the "Cosmo" life, please let me know what city you are in...maybe it's the location.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top

and that's what makes life so rich. I love you really, dharma.


hope you didn't think I was being sarcastic. It was said in a friendly way. I think you're an intriguing lass dharma.

No, I didn't...and thank you!  You're pretty intriguing yourself.  I seem to know nothing about you, except that you blog here and I read your articles.

 

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
I read yours too Dharma, and find them very thought provoking. You're a hearty lass.

I love the Buddhist philosophy. I think it will further mankind's growth in leaps and bounds. We just need to stick together - science, religion, and common sense - and by the natural laws of growth, our degree of enlightenment will blossom, like "synergy". We live in exciting times, and I believe that underneath all present, worldly chaos lie gentle wisdom and pure love. God remains infinitely secure, and each of us can experience the same, (at least in measure, according to our own level of growth). We just need to trust life, and trust the purpose of our being here. And as for cosmo, well it's all good stuff, really.