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Excerpts from an article in Jane Magazine
November, 2000 by Jeff Johnson.
Media aimed at women - magazines, self-help
books, talk shows, and prime-time schlock - is
mind-numbing. Why do women rely on these resources
for crackpot guy advice. We here at Menstuff have
been asking this question and challenging these
magazines for years. Now, Jane magazine is
exposing their competition - finally!
The author can only figure that women get bored
at a checkout counter and saw some amazing,
profound, soul-searching,
there-is-a-glimmer-of-hope-in-the-world headline
and you made an impulse buy. Here's their10-Myth
primer on spotting bunko dude information so you
can avoid being sucked into the web again. 1. On
periods - Men fear we might drown in your period. -
only if you're under 16. 2. Guys only enjoy
watching gladiator movies and other similarly
themed flicks with scantily clad hunks killing
dinosaurs, leprechauns, aliens or rabid schnauzers,
climbing into volcanoes, parachuting into rush-hour
traffic and it is important to indulge them in
this. - Two thumbs down. 3. On when guys expect
action - the third date is when the pants come off.
Wrong. 4. On the morning after - "After a
particularly active evening, most blokes just want
to inhale some sausage links, pollute the bathroom
and scan the sports section-solo. Guess again. 5.
Guys love sports like women love a shoe sale, and
any girl who can holler her way through the Final
Four or World Series knocks our sweatsocks off. No
they don't. 6. Guys want to do all sorts of kinky
things with you, but stay the hell away from their
asses. Not on the top of the list but not on the
bottom, either. 7. There are Secret Sex Tips that
you don't know anything about. Reading them will
change your life forever. This is pure bait and
switch. 8. You are helpless and needy, and he is
the iconoclast who has no feelings. 9. We refuse to
kiss you after you go down on us. We're worried
about "objectionable secretions." Forget that. 10.
Relax, we have genius men who will soothe all of
your fears and give you insight into the complex
male psyche. That makes me tired.
Well, that gives you a taste of the obsurd. Get
a copy to get the full story of how the women's
magazines are selling you down the river. Also,
check out several areas of our web site to get our
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