Should we Judge a Woman by the cover of her magazine?

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

DO we judge a woman by her magazine is, by a clear margin, the easier question than the title question with a just a simple… yes; Should we is a different question in itself. Surely the answer is a straightforward no, not on your life etc… However, it’s nearly impossible not to do so in this image obsessed society we see ourselves in.

Let’s take a look at May 2008’s Cosmopolitan magazine, just at a quick glance at the front cover you can tell what the magazine wants us to see; the contrasting colours of the words ‘sex’, ‘fake tan’, ’fashion’ ‘men’ and , (how could I forget), ‘sex’ again. The thought of chauvinistic men spotting the front cover of this journalistic monstrosity and truly believing women are physically capable only to be interested in these topics is enough to make any independent, headstrong, career women to, quite literally, combust with rage. Just think for a second and say to yourself, is this ALL I care about? How could these topics attract such a vast number of avid readers who hang on every word the ‘Cosmo-bible’ says?

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Women often say to me ‘oh, magazines are just a bit of fun’ or ‘they’re not serious’. On the contrary, if you dive beneath what’s just in front of you, the front cover of a magazine can give you an insight into the reader’s thoughts and feelings. Read between the lines and you can see the sinister, almost evil, undertone to these magazines. They play on women’s insecurities and anxieties and even have the audacity to make you pay for their supposed ‘in depth’ knowledge of what’s ‘hot or not’. Feminine magazines suck out any confidence a woman may ...

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