The Other Side Of The Coin~~Men's Magazines

Yesterdays attempt to discuss, what I believe to be the trashiness of women's magazines, I gave the impression that I felt that women were all gullible and quickly believed the tripe printed within the magazines pages. This was not my intention but I can see where that impression could be taken away from what I wrote.

In all fairness I thought I would look at men's magazines today. If you line up mans magazines side by side you would determine that men's minds are concentrated on 'big boobs and tight asses, car performance and engines, boats and hunting' and not particularly in that order.

The stereotype of the big strapping man, with his air brushed idealistic woman at his side, is perpetrated at very turn. The truth is most men are sitting alone at home crying in their own beer and wondering when the right girl will come along.

Articles like 'Get In Shape', Flat Belly Foods', 'Dress Like A Winner' and 'Grow Muscle Fast' abound. All aimed at trying to make, advertising executives and fashion designers, ideal man to match their idea of the ideal woman. Men eat this stuff up just knowing that one day Megan Fox or Christina Hendricks is going to come through their door and tell them how wonderful they are.

 

Parody Magazine Cover By Momstrosity

 

 

In this parody cover I particularly like the articles titled, 'Megan Fox~Air Brushed 8 Hours By A Photo Retoucher', 'Trash Talk:Help Around The House Will Get You Laid, 'Why You Should Pick Up Your Own Damn Socks' and 'How To Tell When You've Gone From Playa To Creepy, Dirty Old Man'.

 

Funny yes but a hint of truth in those titles.

 

I have never understood men's obsession with the 'ideal woman'. She only exists in the minds of 99% of men. That last 1% are staring in the 'Batchelor or Barchelorette' television shows and I am not sure that they have not been air brushed.

 

Men and are getting married later in life and it may well be that many of them are out there looking for the woman presented to them on magazine covers rather than seeking out women that real life presents to them. It's stupid and futile to believe that Miss Air Brushed will some how fall into our laps and you will live happily ever after.

 

Personally I believe that the girl next door is great, flaws make people interesting and love is where you find it.

 

Being idealistic is nice but at some point reality slaps us in the face and we grow up. When that happens the girl next door becomes our 'idealistic woman' and we actually find what we have been looking for all these years.

 

Randy