Why does it seem like Magazines/Books/Websites make it look like WOMEN only have

[DateAnalyzer]

difficulty meeting the RIGHT ONE?? I saw a article on msn today saying-"Does he have a glancing eye? So women don;t glance at other men? Women look glance at me all the time when they are with men so it's not just the men doing it. Years ago I actually had a girl look across me into another car at a guy and said-"I thought it was someone I knew" and I just snapped. Also there are always articles helping overweight women never overweight men, articles about how women can find the right guy and how women can weed out the crazy ones. So let me get this straight, no man on this planet need dating assitance according to all these magazines, books and websites?? It's just women who get rejected and hurt, and used and passed over for something better and never men? Unbelievable

[Lyssa]

Well some men always seem to not want any help because of their ego and they rarely ask for directions... so I think taking cue from all that, a lot of articles are for women - not that we really read them - well I don't, anyway.

[directx]

DA, ever think of trying for a mail order bride?

[corazoncito]

Maybe you need to stop reading women's magazines?

[LoveLace]

Well some men always seem to not want any help because of their ego and they rarely ask for directions... so I think taking cue from all that, a lot of articles are for women - not that we really read them - well I don't, anyway.

 

Exactly! Most men are not known for, nor have they much presented themselves as the type to seek assistance/help with a lot of things, especially when it comes to women. I've known many, many women who try like hell to get their husbands into marriage counseling, etc. but the guys won't have it.

 

But wait a sec, what about Maxim? Isn't there advice about women in that magazine? If you are dying for some info that badly, I guarantee you'd find what your looking at Barnes n Noble or even at the local library!

 

But the biggest sellers are aimed at women because women are more interested in, and usually more willing to sit still and read the complex crap. I don't know many men who would bother to read "Top 10 secrets to long-lasting relationships" or take the "Is She Girlfreind Material?" quiz. Also, women in general are simply more fascinated by romance/glamour/drama/gossip; women of all ages are the biggest audience ever for life-help type books/magazines; women are the most likely to actually spend their money on these things, therefore the market is going to focus on them before anyone else....it's all about the dollar baby!

[DateAnalyzer]

Exactly! Most men are not known for, nor have they much presented themselves as the type to seek assistance/help with a lot of things, especially when it comes to women. I've known many, many women who try like hell to get their husbands into marriage counseling, etc. but the guys won't have it.

 

But wait a sec, what about Maxim? Isn't there advice about women in that magazine? If you are dying for some info that badly, I guarantee you'd find what your looking at Barnes n Noble or even at the local library!

 

But the biggest sellers are aimed at women because women are more interested in, and usually more willing to sit still and read the complex crap. I don't know many men who would bother to read "Top 10 secrets to long-lasting relationships" or take the "Is She Girlfreind Material?" quiz. Also, women in general are simply more fascinated by romance/glamour/drama/gossip; women of all ages are the biggest audience ever for life-help type books/magazines; women are the most likely to actually spend their money on these things, therefore the market is going to focus on them before anyone else....it's all about the dollar baby!

 

 

Just like the other book about if he doesn;t call back, it's women who don;t call back either

[directx]

Maybe you need to stop reading women's magazines?

 

I think it's smart to read women's magazines. It's like the other teams playbook!

[laRubiaBonita]

I think it's smart to read women's magazines. It's like the other teams playbook!

 

that is what they want you to think so guys WILL read the mags..... but it is all still POV crap, written, usually, by some good looking- semi successful- probably married- outsider who is saying things that sound like a horoscope....

[IpAncA]

I think it's smart to read women's magazines. It's like the other teams playbook!

 

Smart reading what men read too. Very insightful.

 

difficulty meeting the RIGHT ONE?? I saw a article on msn today saying-"Does he have a glancing eye? So women don;t glance at other men? Women look glance at me all the time when they are with men so it's not just the men doing it. Years ago I actually had a girl look across me into another car at a guy and said-"I thought it was someone I knew" and I just snapped. Also there are always articles helping overweight women never overweight men, articles about how women can find the right guy and how women can weed out the crazy ones. So let me get this straight, no man on this planet need dating assitance according to all these magazines, books and websites?? It's just women who get rejected and hurt, and used and passed over for something better and never men? Unbelievable

 

Stay away from the women's magazines DA. Those are geared for women not men. Besides there are men readings/websites you can read that can be helpful.

[Krytellan]

Just like the other book about if he doesn;t call back, it's women who don;t call back either

 

Not trying to be cheeky, but I've wanted to say this forever... the apostrophe is one more key to the right. Do you realize you always use a semicolon for an apostrophe?

[LoveLace]

Just like the other book about if he doesn;t call back, it's women who don;t call back either

 

Write a book of your own DA! Use your own experiences...aimed at men about women...since it hasn't been done (that I know of) maybe it'll totally sell!

[jcster]

It's just women who get rejected and hurt, and used and passed over for something better and never men? Unbelievable

 

Women's magazines appeal to only a certain segment of the female populance. They are filled with half-truths, over-generalizations and outright fiction. They are written to sell magazines - not to offer assistance. It's not a plot, there's just not a lot of guys who feel like paying $7 to read a hyped up article full of tripe that will leave you alternately laughing hysterically or suicidal.

[DateAnalyzer]

Write a book of your own DA! Use your own experiences...aimed at men about women...since it hasn't been done (that I know of) maybe it'll totally sell!

 

 

I think I will, it will be titled-"DATING IN 2008" ON THE shelves in MAY of 2008-lol

[Woggle]

There needs to be men's magazines that deal with these issues. I will deal with them in my book.

[Ruby]

I think I will, it will be titled-"DATING IN 2008" ON THE shelves in MAY of 2008-lol

 

That will be a fun book

 

Chapter 1: How to advertise on Craiglist

 

Chapter 2: How to watch tV in your undercrackers

 

Chapter 3: How to meet that woman who will massage your face with her feet!

 

Chapter 4: How to anaylyze everything until you go mental

 

Chapter 5: How to hate women

 

Chapter 6: How to use an apostrophe instead of a semicolon

 

Then end

[uniqueone]

Not trying to be cheeky, but I've wanted to say this forever... the apostrophe is one more key to the right. Do you realize you always use a semicolon for an apostrophe?

 

Speaking of which...can we have an entire thread on grammar? I'd like to go over the proper use of "your" and "you're" as well as "to" and "too".

[uniqueone]

difficulty meeting the RIGHT ONE?? I saw a article on msn today saying-"Does he have a glancing eye? So women don;t glance at other men? Women look glance at me all the time when they are with men so it's not just the men doing it. Years ago I actually had a girl look across me into another car at a guy and said-"I thought it was someone I knew" and I just snapped. Also there are always articles helping overweight women never overweight men, articles about how women can find the right guy and how women can weed out the crazy ones. So let me get this straight, no man on this planet need dating assitance according to all these magazines, books and websites?? It's just women who get rejected and hurt, and used and passed over for something better and never men? Unbelievable

 

A woman looking at someone because she thought it was someone she knew is different from a woman checking other guys out because she thinks they're hot.

 

As for those women's magazines....yawn....same ol' thing every month...they just alter it a bit. There's always some variation on "What he REALLY wants in bed but never told you." Do you know how many years they've been running that article in some variation or another? And people still keep reading it month after month, like they're going to suddenly find out a "secret" such as "he'll go crazy when you play with your sixth toe" or something.

 

Those magazines are ok during a woman's early years but after awhile, the smart ones start to think on their own. They might browse them from time to time but they don't give them much weight.

 

Besides...why believe a magazine that puts a diet plan right next to a recipe for a double fudge mocha torte with Snickers bars?

[DateAnalyzer]

That will be a fun book

 

Chapter 1: How to advertise on Craiglist

 

Chapter 2: How to watch tV in your undercrackers

 

Chapter 3: How to meet that woman who will massage your face with her feet!

 

Chapter 4: How to anaylyze everything until you go mental

 

Chapter 5: How to hate women

 

Chapter 6: How to use an apostrophe instead of a semicolon

 

Then end

 

 

I wish I could buy a book that has chapter 3 in it because I still haven't mastered that yet-lol

[LoveLace]

As for those women's magazines....yawn....same ol' thing every month...they just alter it a bit. There's always some variation on "What he REALLY wants in bed but never told you." Do you know how many years they've been running that article in some variation or another? And people still keep reading it month after month, like they're going to suddenly find out a "secret" such as "he'll go crazy when you play with your sixth toe" or something.

 

Those magazines are ok during a woman's early years but after awhile, the smart ones start to think on their own. They might browse them from time to time but they don't give them much weight.

 

 

...all sooo true. If I see another article like "How to make him go crazy for you" I'll puke. If we're younger, say under 25, we might actually take the advice seriously. But eventually you figure out that you don't learn about relationships from a flippin' magazine. You learn about them by actually having them...duh. All the crap they say in Cosmo starts to seem repetitious and goes in one ear and right out the other.

 

DA, those "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" books are actually supposed to be for men too, not just women. I once read one called "Mars and Venus on a Date". I actually found it kind of helpful. It gives advice to both men and women on things like: when to call or not to call, how to compliment women, how to compliment men (which apparently should not be done the same way, believe it or not)...it explains that women and men go through the "stages" of relationships in a different order, like men go through the "physical" stage before women do, and women go through the "emotional" stage before men (of course)....but we all go through the same stages at some point. I thought the book was pretty interesting because it focused on what comes before a relationship, not on what's happening during the relationship.