For english class we were asked to find two articles and make a list of key terms from each. One of the articles was from a women's magazine and one of the articles was from a men's magazine. I choose an article from family circle magazine for my women's magazine and an article from Men's Health magazine for my men's magazine. My women's magazine was about ways to stay focused day to day and my men's magazine was about how to make a woman want you.
One of the biggest differences I see in women's and men's magazines are their view of relationships. Under the relationships section in the magazine there was nothing but SEX. In women's magazines there is a lot about sex but there is also a lot about relationships and ways to build a relationship. The men's magazine made it seem as if the only important aspect of a relationship was sex. Some of the categories had to do with " How to be the best lover and so on". I don't know if the difference between the relationship sections in men's and women's magazines is an accurate representation of how men and women look at relationships or are the magazines exaggerating the difference to make things more interesting.
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I agree with you about how these magazines define a relationship. I don't know if men think sex is the only part of a relationship. I'm sure not all of them do. I think a lasting relationship is based on so much more.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think we all know that men seem to focus solely on sex in relationships. Fortunately for me, my boyfriend reads things like GQ, and not Men's Health. I've never read Family Circle, but I have a subscription to Cosmo, and there are always sex articles in there. It's usually one of the cover stories! It's annoying though, because it seems that it's always the same article! And they're always ridiculous too. Sometimes I'll show them to my boyfriend, and he'll read them and after every tip he'll say something like "that sounds painful" or "that's not sexy at all." Maybe these 2 magazines need to get together and figure out what men and women really want!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, found your blog and it is up on our list now. Just make sure you also post in response to the class blog prompt on Bridget Jones. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes I feel like in male articles they don't take relationships as serious as they do in female magazines. I do feel as though they over exaggerate to get more people to read the articles.
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