Re: Psychology of a hype
David S (david@cybermail.net)
Thu, 07 Aug 1997 17:17:18 -0800
>>
>> I've flipped through those things on occasion, and I definitely wouldn't
>> want my girlfriend reading them. Why? They give all kinds of advice on
>> "what men want", "why men do the things they do", etc. Sexual stuff too.
>> Everything they say about those things, I disagree with. Almost without
>> exception. There's my reason. :)
>>
>> --David S--
>
><devils advocate>
>I have been pretty busy these last few weeks, and while reading the
>thread, but not *really* reading the thread, I sorta know what is going
>on. And as usual, I had to find a post that ticked me off.
>
>First off I agree with you david, womens magazines *are* a crock of shit.
>Cosmo, Vogue, Mdsm, they are all the same with their 6' 100 lb models, and
>thier "cheap suites" at 500 bucks a pop. WOmen have for a long time been
>such media whores (both themselves and by the media itself). We are never
>allowed to be "ourselves" and the images that we are told we "should" be.
>Its absolutely ridculas.
>
>But what pissed me off was that you "wouldn't want" your gf to read the
>magazines, because of this, but this is another catch 22 about males.
>Because the same guys generally who say this sort of thing, also tend to
>read playboy, hustler, and other mags that while generated toward men,
>tend to show women as these fantasy objects. and that is a crock of crap.
>
>so excuse me, if you will please, the lovely hypocrysis that seems to be
>running in our culture.
>
></devils advocate>
I'm afraid I don't see the connection between what I said and those "mens"
magazines. What I was talking about was how those "beauty" magazines give
advice like "Act like you don't know he exists, even if you're really madly
in love with him" etc. I disagree with that kind of tactic. I have this
thing for honesty.
Aw heck, Malcs already said this stuff, and better.
Btw, my gf IS 6' tall (which I don't like) and I beg her every day not to
put on any goddam makeup. Can't stand the stuff.
--David S--
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