Cosmo Review

Cosmo is a standard example of the propaganda geared towards girls these days. Every bit of either magazine is about sex, appearance, and man baiting. It is completely superficial, and it sells like hotcakes. The magazines are proof that despite what they say, many girls really are not a whole lot more than whats on the surface. Even women who do have more to offer would like to cover up the person they truly are and appear as another sexy vixen in order to get a man. Not only does this affect girls' view of themselves, it also affects what they see in a man. Cosmo would have people believe that a girl's target has to be a big, muscular man, and that the only way to get and keep that man is to be as good looking as possible. The pages are flooded with rhetoric supporting that idea: pictures of beautiful women, naked guys, tips on how to "please your man," and ads for beauty products. This all affects a person's image on how to live. Even I feel like I have to please my man better after fliping through it. I really cannot blame Cosmo for doing what it does, though; it would go out of business if it was not what people want to read. I suppose it really isn't Cosmo that makes women (and men) so superficial, its actually the exact opposite. There is something else about people that makes us want to see pictures of pretty people and groom ourselves to "perfection." As long as we do that, magazines like Cosmo will continue to thrive.