Should we judge a woman by the cover of her magazine?

The presumption about the woman being subconsciously indoctrinated into the perfect body image world of celebrities can be assumed by the cover picture of a so called 'perfect' looking celebrity. The fact that the subtitle for that article is "I wont give in to body image pressure" when the woman is supposedly 'perfect' what pressure is there to give in.

Also if the woman is reading cosmopolitan in order to try and look like the women on the front covers then she had better hope for a miracle. This is because in order for many of the celebrities to have and maintain such perfect looks, they have to have regular cosmetic surgery and they must wear plenty of make-up and even then the pictures are doctored on a computer in order tho make them look perfect. So for the ordinary woman who is reading the magazine or her to look like that will take a lot more than what they advise in the magazine.

Also the magazine is a bit hypocritical because many of the issues on the front cover are articles like 'Break free of the "I'm not good enough" syndrome, forever', when other issues are making women try and make themselves look better because they don't feel they are good enough often because of the almost intimidating pictures of 'perfect' women on the front cover.

Also there is a belief that women who read Cosmopolitan are confident, however if this is true then why are there articles which are advising on matters like 'escape the sore sex cycle'. If the women are so confident then why do they need to read such articles. Is it that women are becoming dependant on magazine in order to solve their problems? If no, then why are there agony aunt pages?

Also the magazine doesn't just try to get people to read the magazine because on the magazine is a web address for a Cosmopolitan website, which no doubt would be covered with other such article and picture making women shallow and insecure.

In conclusion we can establish that in many circumstances the woman who is reading Cosmopolitan, can be judged to fit into one of many categories, such as shallow, sadistic, even dependant.

However just because there is a woman in front of you reading this magazine can you assume that she fits into one of the above cases, as often some women who are reading often pick it up to pass the time for example in a hairdressers, on a train or in some other place where there is nothing else to do in order to pass the time.