Cosmopolitan, Cleo, Dolly, Marie Claire. Great magazines. How I know? Because when my parents ran a newsagent, I would go through every issue, every month. And when I was running my restaurant, I’d buy them “for my customers”.

Yeah call me gay, whatever. But guys, stop denying it. You have read them too. Notice there’s always the “10 Ways To” articles.

  • “10 ways to tell if he likes/dislikes you”
  • “10 ways to tell if he’s cheating on you”
  • “10 ways to tell if he’s in love or in lust with you”
  • “10 ways to break up with him”
  • “10 ways to achieve an even bigger O!”

etc..

And you would always, always, see the word “SEX” emblazoned in bold print right across the front page, usually together with the words “great” or “fabulous”. And men have a one-track mind? And do you notice men’s magazines do not contain as much advice?

“There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men don’t think there’s a lot they don’t know. Women do. Women want to learn.”
Men think, “I know what I’m doing, just show me somebody naked.”

Jerry Seinfeld


Women’s magazines make great reading for men. Why? Because when women read these magazines, gradually some of their characteristics and mannerisms will mimic those being discussed in the magazines. So what better way to understand women than to read women magazines, right?

Of course, there’s no guarantee reading women’s magazines will significantly help in your relationships with women. If those “10 Ways To” articles were all true and foolproof, the magazines would’ve run out of things to write about already. So they keep reinventing those “10 Ways”. Changing them and making up new ones. Is it any wonder why men are perpetually clueless?

But then, who asked us to read the magazines in the first place? Oh right, we couldn’t help ourselves with the sex stuff and those lingerie ads. Damn those lingerie ads. Oo-Yeah. All under the pretense of:

I’m just trying to understand you better, hun.