"Men's" Magazines v "Women's" Magazines

I think it's useful to consider what the various magazines are trying to feed women you're fat, stupid, and need to marry a rich man fast as well as where they are placed in shops, if we want to look at the holistic effects. Each to their own though.

I think it's more useful to consider what all the magazines designed for women are trying to feed you / similar those for men, than where in a shop they put the magazines.

Why, though do so many 'women's' magazines have an 'ever growing sense of fear' articles dominating the covers. It would be better to categorise by 'specific interest', 'dependent on men for approval', 'dependent on career recognition for approval', and 'scared shitless, everythings a threat and you or your family will be murdered or raped pretty soon by a drunk uncle, schizophrenic teen or immigrant/sleb gossip'.

I do think it is a shame especially as men are so weird about buying 'women's' magazines' and so miss out on crafts, psychology, astrology and home improvement even though these are also specific interest. What is it about trains and 'buses though? That does seem to attract a male anorack browser. I wonder what would happen if there were a month where all those mags put a jolly craft typeface on.. would that put off the 'male' reader?
It does make me gently angry that new scientist and thr economy are out of the 'women's interest' section. I would much rather it be called 'gossip and sleb' with another section for 'women's lifestyle' for the adult cosmo/MC/Company etc and 'fashion' Its obvious anyway from the garishness perhaps colour blocking would just solve all of it?

I don't care. It's just a guide to make things more organised, because more men tend to buy those magazines and more women tend to buy the others. It's not saying only men/women can buy those mags.

Pretty much every supermarket here has women's interest and men's interest sections.

Bikes and caravans in the men's, crafts and those bloody awful 'my neighbours dog ran off with my aunt' type mags in the women's, New Scientist and Private Eye in general interest.

I don't think I've seen mens/womens interest sections for a few years - they're labelled by hobby around here.

I stopped buying magazines a while ago because they just didn't seem worth it, but in my time I've bought from cross stitch to electronics and everything in between, and the only issue I've had is that they put the less-bought ones up high where a shorty like me can't get at them.

I buy New Scientist from time to time, and History Today, and Classic Rock and the odd knitting magazine, if it's got a nice pattern, except I'm trying to give that up, as I don't knit that quickly, on account of having to go to work snd do a million other things MN. Also, once every 5 years or so, Farmers Weekly for old times sake, to see how it's changed. Also Private Eye. And back when I frequently passed through Dortmund Airport, I used to buy women's magazines in German (an article is easier than a whole book; I'm far from fluent) - I found Bild der Frau easiest, as I rarely needed to check vocab. Bild is like the Sun, and Bild der Frau is like Women's Weekly or similar. I struggled with the glossier mags, as my language skills weren't up to it, which is fine if I want to stretch my brain a lot, but not to pass a flight.

Can't say I've particularly noticed which section they're under - I think of them as crafty or music or science sections, rather than men's sections, but I haven't really looked at the shelf-labelling.

I realise I have very eclectic magazine-buying habits. I can go for ages without buying any at all.

I've not really noticed this tbh. Perhaps not all shops have "men's interest" & "women's interest" sections. I look at running magazines and horse ones, both of which are usually in the sport section. I'll have a closer look next time I'm somewhere & check what section things like Gracia are in.