Lads' mags have 6 weeks to "cover up": your reaction, please!

excellent news

I wear a bikini on the beach but I don't bend over and shove my thonged arse in kids' faces in my local Tesco when they're trying to buy an icecream. It's all about context, Malemum, get it?

Last time I was on a beach Malemum there was quite a lot of flesh on show but nobody was being objectified. There were also all shapes and sizes and both sexes as well as trans because we were in Brighton.

Do you see the difference?

The Sport in particular is a disgrace, blowing open on my garage forecourt while I'm walking in to pay for my petrol

Good. It is a good start.

I don't have a local coop but I do have a branch of Britannia (part of Coop) and a child's savings account to open so I'm going there.

About time The Sun's page 3 and The Sport and co went the same way too.

Im pleased. No problrms with my children seeing nudity, but prefervthey dont see pornography

It's a step in the right direction but it is a shame that they won't just refuse to stock them outright.

why do some people think it's the same as people wearing beachwear on - um - beaches?

I'm so pleased - that's a conversation I now don't have to have with my 4 year old... The shelves aren't very high in our local co-op and it used to be right at her eye level

This approach is both pathetic, ludicrous and PC gone too far.

The magazines affected are no where near anything like the original Pornographic magazines and putting them in the same category is utter nonsense.

Watching the feminist & model on Auntie this morning was interesting, besides the magazines which are viewed are no different than scantly clad bikini females on our UK or overseas beaches....

This takes it off display and satisfies the staff handling problem that was highlight recently. Job done, nothing more to see here, move on.

Excellent news. I hope they ban The Sun next.

i fully support this move and will be writing to tesco to see if they have any plans to follow suit. i could shop at the co-op more regularly, it's a bit further than my local tesco, but this is important enough to switch.

I appear to be in the minority but I just think if they don't agree with them, then don't stock them.
I can honestly say that I never look at them while I'm in a store so them being covered up wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference. Some blokes read them, just like some read Horse and Hound.

Its companies which don't take sensible action like this which are weak-willed and spineless, IMO.

Excellent news! I am really, really pleased about this and shall be continuing to shop at the Co-Op as much as I can.

I've just read the BBC news website article on this and this little gem jumped out at me...

'A former editor of Front magazine, Piers Hernu, said the Co-op's decision was "very dangerous" and amounted to "censorship".

The firm had "caved in" to a "vociferous campaign from some fanatical feminists", showing itself to be "weak-willed and spineless", he argued on BBC Radio 5 live.'

What a twat!

I agree with a lot of the other posters - great move! It saddens me that at least half of the magazine stands are covered in mostly naked women with the odd token half naked man thrown in. Is that all we are interested in now?

I'm certainly not interested in it and I'd much prefer it if my children were not subjected to it in every supermarket and newsagent. If they choose to be interested I'm it at an appropriate age then fine, but I feel it should be a choice, not on display for all to see.

Now we have seen a company recognise that a product is so awful it doesn't want its staff and most of its customers to even glimpse it

Except they've not done it because they don't think anyone should see it, it's to protect children and those who are offended by the covers. That's not the same thing at all and is a good compromise.

think I should spend more money at the co-op. For those who dont have a co-op nearby maybe consider using www.co-operativetravel.co.uk/ and www.coopelectricalshop.co.uk/?gclid=CJGY1OTD1LgCFXLLtAodQV4AzQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

The electrical shop gives 60 minutes delivery slots too

I am really impressed with Co op for making a stand and actually listening to what consumers want.
It's soft porn that has been thrust into mainstream society, and having it close to children's magazines was disgusting.

Well done Co op, lets hope other big chains take note (maybe Tesco can try to reclaim some popularity after the horse meat scandal by taking a stand against these lads mags too!)

I think it is great, and hope to see all shops following suit. I will rethink where I but my craft, ar, history and science mags and journals and try to get them from the co-op to support them.

I've said this on the Femisit boards as well. I think it's a cop out on the Cooperative's front. they still want to financially gain from selling sexually exploitative images of women. All they are doing by putting the covers on is turning a blind eye to their own involvement in the industry.

They should stop stocking them all together.

I think that being behind the opague boards is good enough to be honest. As long as you can't see the front.Both my local Asda and Sainsbury do this, you can only see the title. Next to the covered lads mags in Asda was Attitude magazine with a very buff man lounging back in his skimpy underpants. Really these type of covers should be covered up too.