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While the idea is patent nonsense on the grounds of censorship, I do believe it does make a valid point worth discussing. Despite being much classier and tasteful in tone and content, most bookstores and newsstands relegate magazines like Maxim to the same section where you find Hustler and Penthouse, yet magazines like Cosmo which are blatantly peddling sex to teenagers are right out front with Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal?
Again, I'm not arguing the merits of selling sex to teens, that's a different discussion for a different topic, but why is it that we, as a society, deem this to be acceptable, but similar content directed at a male audience is not, or at least is less so? My sister used to leave Cosmo magazines lying around, and the articles inside easily rival that of anything you'd see in Penthouse, just without the nudity.
Now I'm not saying we should censor this stuff or ban it, I'm not a Holy Roller like that, but I just find it interesting that Cosmo can be displayed prominently on the shelf at Wal*Mart, but people would freak out if they decided to carry Playboy. Hell, I remember for a while places like Walgreens and Wal*Mart wouldn't even carry Maxim because the religious types had a problem with it, but yet Cosmo always gets a free pass.
While the idea is patent nonsense on the grounds of censorship, I do believe it does make a valid point worth discussing. Despite being much classier and tasteful in tone and content, most bookstores and newsstands relegate magazines like Maxim to the same section where you find Hustler and Penthouse, yet magazines like Cosmo which are blatantly peddling sex to teenagers are right out front with Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal?
Again, I'm not arguing the merits of selling sex to teens, that's a different discussion for a different topic, but why is it that we, as a society, deem this to be acceptable, but similar content directed at a male audience is not, or at least is less so? My sister used to leave Cosmo magazines lying around, and the articles inside easily rival that of anything you'd see in Penthouse, just without the nudity.
Now I'm not saying we should censor this stuff or ban it, I'm not a Holy Roller like that, but I just find it interesting that Cosmo can be displayed prominently on the shelf at Wal*Mart, but people would freak out if they decided to carry Playboy. Hell, I remember for a while places like Walgreens and Wal*Mart wouldn't even carry Maxim because the religious types had a problem with it, but yet Cosmo always gets a free pass.