Cosmopolitan

When I was younger I was never allowed to read magazines such as Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, or Cosmo. Once I was about sixteen I could get Seventeen and Cosmo Girl but Cosmo was and still is off limits. Granted if I really wanted Cosmo I could go to any grocery store and buy it off the shelf! I was talking to one of my friends earlier today about this blog and she said that her mom would get Cosmo and hide it in a drawer, after her mom would leave her and her friends would go and steal it and then read it. The main problem with these magazines is the content within them. As I was looking at Cosmopolitan.com I was appalled at what I saw, they had a sex position of the week, ways to “entice him” even more, and so on. It is clear that Cosmo is not out there to show the latest fashions, health tips, or exercising moves. The message is all about sex. These magazines are polluting young teenager’s minds about sex. It is very similar to the movie we watched, “No Cinderella Story,” teens are having sex at younger and younger ages. This magazine can be purchased by 13 and 14 year old girls who are just starting to enter puberty, they should be learning how to love their body instead of trying to perfect it and solicit it to guys. If teenagers stood up to the magazine and voiced their opinions of its appalling content Cosmo may stop showing up on grocery shelves, but until then Cosmo will still be on the shelves promoting promiscuous behavior among our young teens.