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From: gh@brunix.UUCP (Graeme Hirst)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Magazines and MOTOS attraction
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Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 12:06:28 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  5 12:06:28 1983
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    Jim's suggestion to women to read a men's magazine to attract men is an
    interesting one.  Does this mean that we can attract women by reading
    some women's magazines?

    Another interesting question: why is it that women have many magazines
    that a man wouldn't even consider reading [Vogue, Redbook, etc...],
    while men have very few (not including porn) for men only [GQ, Esquire] ?
    I would consider the magazines that Jim listed as being for both sexes,
    though men do read them more.

(1)  The magazine strategy might work better for men if they read "Ms." or
"Savvy", rather than "Redbook" or the like.

(2)  Despite its slogan ("Man at his best"), 95% of the material in "Eqsuire"
is of interest to the intelligent person of either sex.  "Ms." is probably at
the 80% level.	"Redbook" is not so much a magazine for women, but rather one
for dull housespouses (a group in which males are starting to appear).	This
is the main reason why reading it would not be a good MOTOS attracter.

	Graeme Hirst, Brown University Computer Science
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