Why?

[knova]

Why would you list Popular Sicence and Scientific American as "Men's" magazines?

Comments

[crasch]

What's the context? If the criteria for being a "men's magazine" is the demographic composition of the subscriber base, then both magazine's might well be classified as "men's magazines". If this page (1) is correct, 81% of the subscriber's to Popular Science are men. I would wager that the numbers for Scientific American are similar.

(1) http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/popular-science/demographics.html

[knova]

It's an ad selling magazines. If the TARGET audience for these magazines is men, (which perhaps it is), then I would agree.

Listed as men's magazines are:

Men's Health
Popular Science
Car and Driver
Stuff
Road and Track
Best Life
Esquire
Scientific American
Scientific American Mind
Cycle World
Boating

As women's magazines:
Ladies' Home Journal
Jane
Allure
Domino
Harper's Bazaar
Woman's Day
Bridal Guid
D Magazine
Self
Elle
O, The Oprah Magazine

I would argue that Car and Driver, Cycle World, and Boating should be listed under Sports/Outdoors, another category they have. I don't know some of the other magazines.

[amoken]

See, the problem is that they're splitting the magazines by gender in the first place. They should really just split them up by topic (which may be "women" in many cases, but you'll notice there's a big difference between Ladies' Home Journal and Self).

By the way, Scientific American Mind is the only magazine I subscribe to. My mom subscribes as well. I can't think of one guy off the top of my head who'd be interested enough to subscribe, but I know many women who would be. There's some awesome stuff in there.

[crasch]

I agree with your classification. I think only Esquire, Stuff, Best Life, and Men's Health are strictly "men's magazines".

[iguanawow]

Wait? Girls like science? When did that happen?

[bloodyaussie]

Clearly science is something us girls shouldn't worry our pretty little heads about.