Check out this recent Cosmo article.

[The Artificially Prolonged]

It's a cosmo article, that's all I can really say about it. I mean I'm still convinced that Cosmo is actually written by a race of alien slug beings who's only frame of reference on human relationships is sitcoms and shows like Loose Women. Hardly the best place to go for relationship advice for either gender.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Hey, no one ever said sexism was exclusive to Men. And hell, now we just get to sit back and laugh at the doomed relationships of the women who believe this nonsense.

(Though I must admit, my bullshit-ometer is ticking pretty furiously. Damned thing reads like a parody worthy of the Onion)

People of all sexes and creeds can be amused or offended as much as they please, but it's pretty much fact all over the planet that we have generations of utterly useless males to deal with. These can be weed-smoking underachievers or suit-and-tie management types, there's little - if any - limitation as to who they are or what they do for a living. They've been not so much raised as merely grown (sometimes well out of proportion) by their loving stupid mammies and couldn't-care-less daddies, or there are cultural boundaries set in stone as to what boundaries are to be set for sons by their mothers. Thing is, if boundaries are set, even in the most dick-centric culture, they are bound to be set by their mothers, so male kids tend to be primed in a pretty much dualistic fashion - competitive, edgy, aggressive when amongst male peers and totally useless wimpdicks when around females.

I personally don't like Cosmopolitan and the likes, but, hey, who am I to judge. Thing is, if womenfolk wouldn't work their asses off fixing things, we'd be even more dysfunctional than we already are, and we're pretty crippled already.

So, dudes reading the Cosmo - hey, dick, you're reading other people's mail right there. Stop it.

 

[Uhura]

if it has shifted that much then its sad (i haven't read a cosmo for a long time...since i was 16 probably which is when i moved out...which would be 26 years ago now) but i assure you it wasn't always like that at least in the UK...i had articles i'd rather not have read stuffed under my young nose enough times...but then she didn't need to convince me we needed to get the fuck out, she was just looking for more agreement/support.

I think this is the issue here. When I say that Cosmo is not a feminist magazine, I'm talking about the current magazine. Cosmo started out as a family magazine in the late 19th century and has gone through a lot of changes throughout its existence. I mean, did you know that at one point it was a literary magazine that published stories from authors like Jack London and Rudyard Kipling? The point I'm trying to make here, is that Cosmo hasn't been a literary magazine for a long time just like it hasn't been a feminist magazine in years.

I'm not doubting your memories of reading Cosmo in your youth, I'm just saying that in its current form it has very little to do with feminism.

 

[keiji_Maeda]

I thought that was a pretty hilarious read. I don't know what else to say really, it's so much bullshit it just can't be taken seriously.

Am I a happier man? No! But I'm better!

I kind of agree with the sentiment, there is a reason that most people who read ,take the source into account when reading it. And when ascertaining the validity of the matter, confirm as to whether or not they consider the source reasonable.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Nobody reads Cosmo, especially sex tips, legitimately. It's the magazine equivalent of PETA, it's being supported on its popular ridiculousness and blatant unhelpfulness.

...Why are we talking about feminists?

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

How i miss the days where the majority of men were like al bundy or homer simpson and we were proud. When did things change when did men stop watching football with thier hands in thier pants while drinking gallons of beer and eating pizza and start waxing and watching sex in the city with a bottle of chardonnay.

Everyone should take a lesson from this guy in how to be a proper man

But don't his two best mates regularly refer to him as a baboon?

 

[Neverhoodian]

Uh yeah, it's a Cosmo article. Being batshit crazy is par for the course there.

Fortunately most people know better than to take such "advice" seriously. God help anyone that does, though.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19066_7-psychotic-pieces-relationship-advice-from-cosmo.html

 

[Canadamus Prime]

It's Cosmo. Everything in Cosmo should be taken with a mountain of salt.

 

[Frankster]

Its a cosmo article, dunno what one would expect. Being offended by it is like being offended by equivalent articles in lads mags (granted its been a long while since i read one but surely mens health and similar should still be the same).

Cosmo started out as a family magazine in the late 19th century and has gone through a lot of changes throughout its existence. I mean, did you know that at one point it was a literary magazine that published stories from authors like Jack London and Rudyard Kipling?

Heh, learn something new every day!

 

[Something Amyss]

...Why are we talking about feminists?

It's the gaming community. Everything is women's fault in more or less the same way everything is Obama's fault in Fox News' reality.

Well, it's closer to "every time women are mentioned we must howl like a Pavlovian experiment," but I just keep picturing those "thanks Obama" gifs turning into "thanks feminism" gifs...

How i miss the days where the majority of men were like al bundy or homer simpson and we were proud. When did things change when did men stop watching football with thier hands in thier pants while drinking gallons of beer and eating pizza and start waxing and watching sex in the city with a bottle of chardonnay.

Everyone should take a lesson from this guy in how to be a proper man

But don't his two best mates regularly refer to him as a baboon?

The guy was just referring to Homer Simpson and Al Bundy, an almost literal baboon and a guy who can't even successfully make love to his wife, as positive figures. I'm not sure Clarkson being called a baboon is a downside. Nor that he's being at all serious. But still.

Being offended by it is like being offended by equivalent articles in lads mags

More than you know, since the author of this is a dude who writes for Lads Mags.

 

[shootthebandit]

How i miss the days where the majority of men were like al bundy or homer simpson and we were proud. When did things change when did men stop watching football with thier hands in thier pants while drinking gallons of beer and eating pizza and start waxing and watching sex in the city with a bottle of chardonnay.

Everyone should take a lesson from this guy in how to be a proper man

But don't his two best mates regularly refer to him as a baboon?

Nor that he's being at all serious. But still

Im glad you noticed that... i thought for a minute i was going to have to explain that i wasnt being entirely serious. I was exaggerating but its true that men are becoming a lot less "manly" be it a good or a bad thing personally I can see the positives and the negatives

 

[wulf3n]

Being offended by it is like being offended by equivalent articles in lads mags

More than you know, since the author of this is a dude who writes for Lads Mags.

Who was the author? I couldn't find the name.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

sadly its also cosmo the, are we to assume former, standard bearer of "third-wave" feminism...
many post "third wave" supposedly "feminist" attitudes towards men don't seem very nice. my mum actually stopped attending local and national feminist groups due to all the man hating and belittling that went on basically "because i have sons" and in her opinion they were waaaay out of line in their open indulgence of hate speech and sexism...and she told them that before she walked...which i would love to have seen tbh.

Are you serious?

Anyone - ANYONE - who says that anything in Cosmo is in any related to Third Wave Feminism is talking out their ass. Particularly is they're saying it IN Cosmo.

Third Wave Feminism is about freedom, not control.

Please do not insult Third Wave Feminists by suggesting that Cosmo is our "standard bearer" - that's like Rush Limbaugh claiming to be the standard bearer for gay rights.

 

[Frankster]

More than you know, since the author of this is a dude who writes for Lads Mags.

That is hi-la-ri-ous. I now have visions of a double agent kind of writer, furtively writing in ladies magazines about how to control and manipulate his gender, before writing a counter article in the lads mags, all to keep the gender war in a precarious balance for...reasons.
These people are the guardians of the sex wars, intervening so no side is able to understand the other, enforcing eternal strife and mistrust amongst the genders.

 

[knight steel]

HeheheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA are we...............are we still arguing over feminism really-come on we're supposed to be laughing at an article yet here we are fighting >_<

Anyway if we keep talking about Feminism then they might hear us and descend like thousand of locus to devour our flesh!!!

 

[Grach]

Like many have said before, ITS FUCKING COSMO.

This is the magazine that says that it's a good idea to burn all of your boyfriend's stuff in the backyard if you even suspect him of cheating on you. How do you know he's cheating on you? Because he's paying more attention to you, duuh!

Cracked has more of a realistic relationship advice and you should know, Cracked is the kind of magazine that bases its humour on mostly dick jokes and lists.

Captcha: Seems legit. No, captcha, it's Cosmo.

 

[Fox12]

I-wha- does, does he have Stockholm syndrome? Do they, like, keep a group of men locked up in a cellar? "I'm not happy with her, but she knows what's best for me, and I'm better off for her. I'm better off letting her make my decisions." Whut?

This is creepy.

 

[Plasticaprinae]

A man needs a woman to make their decisions ? As a lady, I always found this mentality creepy as hell. I don't want to baby my mate. I want to have discussions, and yeah i might get angry, but I wont seek revenge and make my man "pay". Women and men are so afraid of each other.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

As completely stupid and probably satirical as this article is, it did get me thinking:
If we can simply dismiss this as being satire and dumb and meant to entertain and not to be taken seriously, can't we dismiss any articles from FHM, Maxim, Nuts, and all other "Lad's mags" (love that term) that someone claims are misogynist, sexist, etc. as simply being satire, entertainment, and not to be taken seriously?

 

[soren7550]

Oh come on, it can't be that bad. Wait, I found a link or two.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19066_7-psychotic-pieces-relationship-advice-from-cosmo.html

http://www.cracked.com/article/156_7-sex-tips-from-cosmo-that-will-put-you-in-hospital/

............D:

...Ladies, please I'm begging you. Never ever, EVER take the advice of this magazine.

I was gonna post the same, but seeing as you did, I now have no reason whatsoever to post anything here. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!

Oh, and Cosmo just makes shit up. If they think it'll sell some magazines, they'll slap it in there.