Filament Magazine
I have followed tammylee's lead and ordered the first four issues of Filament Magazine - porn for women. From their FAQ:
Why does the world need a magazine like Filament?
Women are 10 times more likely than men to undergo cosmetic surgery and 43 times more likely than men to suffer an eating disorder. Is this because women are ‘naturally’ life-threateningly obsessed with their appearance, or is this in some way influenced by women’s media? Many men’s magazines don’t discuss men’s appearance, but nearly all women’s magazines discuss women’s appearance.
We thought, hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was a women's magazine that was all about smart stuff instead of what we look like, with gorgeous men in states of undress in it, instead of women. And it might just do some good in the world too.
Women aren't visual. Everyone knows that.
This is a popular adage that seems to have arisen from early, unsophisticated research. Once upon a time, researchers looking at these kinds of questions would ask women and men to look at erotic images and say whether they were turned on. Men generally answered yes, and the women answered no. Such methods are highly subject to the participants giving socially desirable answers. Recent research has used more advanced technology to circumvent the problem of subjects potentially giving socially desirable answers, and found that women and men are equally aroused by erotic images. Here is one such study.
Link is obviously NSFW.
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/242999.html.
Why does the world need a magazine like Filament?
Women are 10 times more likely than men to undergo cosmetic surgery and 43 times more likely than men to suffer an eating disorder. Is this because women are ‘naturally’ life-threateningly obsessed with their appearance, or is this in some way influenced by women’s media? Many men’s magazines don’t discuss men’s appearance, but nearly all women’s magazines discuss women’s appearance.
We thought, hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was a women's magazine that was all about smart stuff instead of what we look like, with gorgeous men in states of undress in it, instead of women. And it might just do some good in the world too.
Women aren't visual. Everyone knows that.
This is a popular adage that seems to have arisen from early, unsophisticated research. Once upon a time, researchers looking at these kinds of questions would ask women and men to look at erotic images and say whether they were turned on. Men generally answered yes, and the women answered no. Such methods are highly subject to the participants giving socially desirable answers. Recent research has used more advanced technology to circumvent the problem of subjects potentially giving socially desirable answers, and found that women and men are equally aroused by erotic images. Here is one such study.
Link is obviously NSFW.
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/242999.html.