Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Shocking Truth about Cosmo Magazine

By Jane MacDonald

The popularity of Cosmopolitan is beyond repute and with over 3 million subscribers world wide, this magazine has considerable influence over young women in our society today. With this power, the question that needs to be asked is if the editors of Cosmo mag place any importance to the responsibility of their content in regards to the effects on society.

Cosmo is the queen-bee when it comes to relationships, careers, and beauty tips, their advice has, for years, been a staple in women's inventory featuring well-researched health articles as well as incisive journalism in women's sexual health and beauty. Famous for its upbeat style, focus on the young career woman and candid discussion of contemporary male/female relationships. Since it's founding in 1886, as a magazine for "first-class families", Cosmopolitan has reported on modern social trends and has helped women live more glamorously by offering women a comprehensive guide to fashion and fitness, staying healthy and feeling good.

Since it's founding in 1886, Cosmopolitan has been associated with empowering women and offering beauty and health advice. Their target audience is young women between the ages of 18 - 34 who are single or in relationships. Nowadays the content of their magazine features tips on relationships, beauty and health but with a strong emphasis on sex and often featuring illustrations of naked men. As an example, some males that have featured in the Cosmo mag include footballer, David Beckham, and actor, Daniel Craig. With this in mind, doesn't a magazine which features relationship advice but also pictures of naked men seem counter productive? Does this not encourage cheating and promiscuity?

The magazine always has the latest and hottest dish on your favorite stars, raciest relationship confessionals and tips, and the Cosmo quiz. Modern women look to Cosmopolitan magazine for fashion, beauty, relationship advice and celebrity news.

Other than relationship advice and images of naked men, the Cosmo mag also features health and beauty tips as well as news on the latest fashions. Their articles are written by enthusiastic journalists and experts who share a passion for delivering high quality content. Cosmopolitan magazines usually around 75 pages of content which, compared to other magazines of the same kind, is very high. They also usually offer free gifts on the cover of their magazine and also vouchers or special offers for beauty treatments and online shopping.

In summary, if you are looking for second to none beauty, health and fashions tips and can handle the hypocrisy of relationship advice and images of naked men then Cosmo mag offers a great avenue of high quality content for all women worldwide. - 16036

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