Magazines, Tesco, and being a little immature.

Apr 03, 2011 00:22

Recently, my sister Jen was in Tesco, and noticed that they were keeping the photography magazines in the "Men's Interest" section. Now, Jen is a fairly keen photographer, and she and I were brought up not to believe in the "these things are for girls, and these are for boys" gender crap (we don't go out of our way to cross societal boundaries, ( Read more... )

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egadfly April 3 2011, 10:07:15 UTC
Brilliant!

The thing that amazes me is that they bother with gender-based categories at all. Seems so quaintly 1950s.

What would a "Women's Interest" section validly contain apart from titles like The Menstruation Periodical?

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pyronoid April 5 2011, 00:33:41 UTC
"The Menstruation Periodical" made me chortle, and having the porn under "Home and leisure" made me imagine such titles as "What Threesome?", with articles about ensuring the curtains match the carpets and that your Shag Pile has the correct amount of Shag...

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