Poirot,
More often than not, “glossy” type advertising that concentrates on “image” is targeted at people who are easily lead.

The more the modern woman reads her “glossy” type magazines that concentrate on “image”, the more brain-dead and easily lead the modern woman becomes.

I also don’t think all modern women buy the magazines for the advertisements, as some like to read the articles, such as “Lose weight fast with these healthy recipes”, which appear side by side with articles such as “Decadent chocolate treats”.

Women’s magazines cater for all modern women with no ability at critical thought, and so, such magazines should carry a Warning label.

As for porno magazines, I think they are already are restricted, and already have some type of Warning label.

vanna,

Since when does modern life encourage critical thought?

The whole system is set up to dissuade people from such wanton ideas. It starts at school, where children are poured full of information and discouraged from self-directed inquiry.

If you wish to include warnings on vacuous media outlets - you should include all commercial TV and radio outlets as well.

AND dont forget on soap's
and neighbours..and days and ellen degenerate
or the late night show..or yes minestrer

certainly before the king or pope speaks
and juliar too of course,,[and tony and bob]
heck any suit..or pr/spokes [person]..crisuss manager]
gossip colomist..or party spiel...or avertisment..or leaflet dropped into the letter box

hey
lets just take it as read
put graphic pictures of thingd 'dropping off'
and a blind guy...on tv..saying dont,..![see what happend to me]
you will go blind[too]..

unle$$ you pay u$
money...ahhhh money..now there is a thing that leaves me cold

but what cant it buy?

its about money
make this porn..*free
criminals love the income
[perverts pervert it to suit their perversion
or suck such perverts dry..[price to the market]
freemarket forces..crass commercialism..perversion..

but in a womans rag..nope
not bying into it..washing my hands off the whole topic

set my people free
we just weant to love
why cause us further pain

Poirot,
Well I have heard that porn can be addictive, and of course women’s media can be addictive. I do think women’s media is entering more and more into mainstream media, with a subsequent decline in the quality of mainstream media.

I stopped buying newspapers sometime ago, because they are filling up with articles such as “How stars celebrate Christmas”, next to articles such as “Andrew and Noa split up”.

Because of the internet, many newspapers and magazines are finding it difficult to survive, and it is possible that they are attempting a last ditch effort at staying in publication, by now catering to the modern woman. They are no longer interested in maintaining ethics and high standards of journalism, but just want to stay alive and stay in publication.

So now they cater to the modern woman.

And they are are prepared to publish so much inane, unreliable, useless and gossipy drivel, that the mind of the modern woman finds totally interesting and absorbing, and can’t get enough of.

Dear vanna,

Oh dear. We've been over this ground so many times
in the past - you can't tar everyone with the same brush
as you are prone to do. Do allow for individual differences
in people - male or female. Sound reasoning will conquer
unreasonable sweeping generalisations every time.

The women I know,
are avid readers - and their tastes in reading material
are wide and varied as I assume are yours and those of
your male friends. If you want to focus entirely on
the commercial magazine market - that's up to you - but
don't single out just one particular focus. This article
is supposed
to be an assessment of men's magazines. Stereotyping
only leads to the questionable practice of counter-stereotyping
and a total break-down in communication. No one likes
or supports an illogical, weak debater with an obvious axe
to grind.

Some of the posts is in this forum appear to originate from people whose thinking aparatus is stored in their little toe. The article did not say that all men were rapists or that a mutually-agreed pleasurable relationship was unacceptable. It said that a focus group, comprised of young men, was unable to distinguish whether descriptive phrases were those which routinely appeared in nominated "men's" magazines or were those routinely used by convicted sex offenders.
Amongst other things, it also made comment about the de-humanising of women and the objectification of women as sex objects.
In my opinion, some of the comments appearing in this forum support this concept which is a sad indictment on those who have made them. It is an unfortunate fact, backed up by a number of scientific studies, that pornography is just as addictive as narcotics and it has been proven without a doubt that the more you get, the more hard-core porn you seek.
It has also been proven in scientific studies that men's addiction to pornography, whether so-called "soft porn" as per these magazines or hard-core, directly contributes to the breakdown of real relationships.