Cosmo, Sports Ill.,& Playboy

Word of mouth often spreads exaggerations and misconceptions. As a responsible consumer society, it is important for us to weed out fact from fantasy and make educated decisions about the products and media (in this case magazines) that we expose ourselves to. I, myself, found that the preconceptions I held about Playboy were largely inaccurate, and upon closer speculation of magazines I've seen before, Cosmo and the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated I have realized …

…targeted at women, while Playboy and Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition, by their very titles, are geared primarily toward male readers. As intelligent consumers, we must think before we purchase and before we criticize, however, as these magazines can help us to understand the negative images of women in our society and the sexual deprivation and depravity of our culture. Thus, instead of sources of blame, these magazines can be looked upon as instruments of change.