Women's Magazines - Possible Rant

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I used to read woman's magazines to learn social skills and find topics to talk about, but I failed. I really tried to concentrate on the content, but the thought "humanity reached the the depths of fatuity" was too distracting. Most magazines intended for women show them as brainless, dependent creatures who live only for men, fashion and beauty. If a woman agrees with this image of an average female, she can read these magazines without feeling any disgust. If she is horrified with this inaccurate portrayal, like I do, she should not waste her time and read something more useful. I, for example, read Lancet, Neuron, Scientific American, Nature, Trends in Neurosciences etc. Besides, I can't believe that women really are interested in nonsense topics such as cooking and clothes. It just seems impossible for me to like these topics so much to read about them.

I like them.

If you don't like them, don't read them. Same as anything else.

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As an adolescent I used to read Seventeen and Mademoiselle to see if I could figure out how to look normal and get the other girls to stop bullying me. Didn't work. Now I just find women's magazines eyeroll-worthy, and a good illustration of what's wrong with gender roles, but I will flip through them in a doctor's office and look at the photos sometimes if there is nothing actually interesting available.

I like reading them though I'm nothing like the women in them. I don't know, I guess it's kind of my way of playing dress up and escaping from my life.

I read them for a few years when I was very young and didn't know how to apply makeup or fix my hair. They helped with that, and I learned a little about how to put colors together and dress better. It helped me through some awkwardness. But that is ALL, and they have changed since that time to be less helpful even with those things. Most of the fashion in them is stuff I would never wear anywhere, the advice about makeup isn't that great, and the rest of their content is useless. (I don't wear makeup since retiring and find my skin is happier than ever, but it did help me feel that I fit in when I was young.) I pretty much detest the magazines now.

My advice is to look for non-gender oriented magazines on specific topics. There are some good ones, depending on your interest. But remember that magazines make money by advertising, and pandering to advertisers. Take everything with a grain of salt.