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Movie and music magazines always in 'men's lifestyle' section

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astreetcarnamedknackered · 24/02/2012 11:21

It really pisses me off.

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yellowraincoat · 24/02/2012 16:52

"chav reading" - WTAF?

This annoys me too. Just looking on the WHSmith website, and apparently women are interested in how they look, celebrities and cooking, while men are interested in sports, films, music, politics, cars...

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astreetcarnamedknackered · 24/02/2012 16:47

Empire.what on earth is empirewdl?

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astreetcarnamedknackered · 24/02/2012 16:46

Glad I'm not alone!

A few years ago I accosted the manager in sainsburys and challenged him as to why empirewdl magazine is in men's interest. He couldn't say. His attitude was very 'computer says no'.

So resorted to random act of feminism and put the lot next to a magazine on cross stitch and then put all the twinkle girls magazine in amidst GQ.

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JerichoStarQuilt · 24/02/2012 15:52

Ignoring sanjeev and 'chav reading' Hmm ...

I think the whole thing is ridiculous. DH cooks, he's good. He also manages to support both a penis and an interest in what our flat looks like. He doesn't particularly mind the fact that cooking magazines and interior decoration are apparently 'women's magazines', but it is fairly stupid.

Sanjeev · 24/02/2012 15:04

Maybe they should split the magazines into two sections - chav reading (Grazia, Nuts, OK, FHM) on the lower shelves (so the readership down't have to lift their knuckles too far from the floor), and the intelligent/niche journalism higher up.

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 24/02/2012 14:56

New Scientist also often found in that area.

TunipTheVegemal · 24/02/2012 14:54

Private Eye is often next to Nuts and Zoo on the top shelf. It really annoys me.

Napdamnyou · 24/02/2012 14:48

When I worked on Q it was 60/40 male/female readership split, so odd that it got put with men's section,mbut the ad team sold it as part of the 'men's lifestyle' offering. Few, if any female ad campaigns were ever run in it but a lot of male only ads ie shaving cream etc ran. Annoying, I agree. Loving music is about as non gendered as you can get.

TheDogTheDogHesAtItAgain · 24/02/2012 13:20

Wonder if there's any connection with the observations in another recent thread here, about girls hanging around watching boys doing stuff?

TBE · 24/02/2012 13:18

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Trills · 24/02/2012 13:17

Yes, very annoying.

Men like films and music, women like looking at celebrities and calling them fat. Apparently.

MoChan · 24/02/2012 13:02

I have stopped reading magazines altogether. I find they make me too angry. And the division between what constitutes male/female interest enrages me too.

I don't want to support this industry. I especially hate those magazines that bully celebrities, and the glossies that pretend to have women's interests at heart, but really don't.

StewieGriffinsMom · 24/02/2012 12:47

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hazeyjane · 24/02/2012 11:34

this winds me up too, all the baking,cross-stitch, babies and gossip in the womens interest, sport, music, films, comicbook and sci-fi in the men's interest.

IwoulddoPachacuti · 24/02/2012 11:31

It's annoying. Apparently women are only interested in celebs and make-up etcHmm

coppertop · 24/02/2012 11:27

Same with the sci-fi magazines. It's extremely annoying.

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