Contrary to popular belief, men listen when women talk (occasionally absorbing some of the conversation) so we expect the opposite to be true. Why else would we constantly be hearing about how the relationship is a two-way street? It’s no surprise then that when we talked, you listened. But just like real life, men can never seem to have the last word.

When the new issues of Maxim and Men’s Journal arrived – complete with hair removal tips, PMS care packages, and housework – we were quite shocked (except by the curvy women, we love curvy women). Then we saw the March issues of Lucky, Women’s Health, InStyle and Marie Claire and realized that we can have our cake and eat it too… as long as we don’t have to make it ourselves.

Some Comments:

1. As a woman with short hair, I would have to refute the “science validates the correlation to hair length and relationship length.” I have found many, many men who love my hair because it highlights my beautiful features and shows that I’m confidant and don’t feel the need to hide behind longer locks. Also, if a guy really needs 12 + inches of hair to hold on to, he should examine his dexterity and study his woman’s “orgasms” a bit more closely.

2. I am an old guy who got the link to this site as part of a joke email from an equally old male friend. I read it and thought it was sophmoric but mildly amusing. But then I read some of the comments. And I see from them that there are guys who think the messages in these tag lines point the way to how things should be and also that there are a lot of ladies out there who are offended. Well ladies I guess you have a right to feel offended, but I really think you should just step back and smile because the guys who are laughing don’t get it–the main point of this satire is to mock the shallowness of men. And any of you guys who think these tag lines deliver a valuable message–well you need some serious help.

3. Hi everybody
i’m french and for your information “marie claire” is a magazine for women in france.
In fact there is a bad joke on the cover
“Learn to say i love you in french : it’s pronounced ‘ménage à trois’”
For those who don’t who…’ménage à trois’ means…threesome
i have nothing against that…if you say that to a french man he may be happy but if he is your boyfriend he may be not (depending of the sex of the third member of the party)

in short it’s a parody of both men and women…some men have strange ideas about love and women, and when you look at the cover of women magazines you read curious affirmations …:-)

4. I think it’s futile to take this as an affront to women. This isn’t meant for that. It’s meant to affirm men’s feelings to women, because the magazines on the store shelves are always so completely inaccurate as to what men actually like. I honestly don’t think women should write for those magazines about what men want unless they’re happily married.

For example:

I looked at the Marie Claire website. Here are some stories that do not ring true:

“6 reasons why men prefer women with a dark side” – nope…I want an honest girl who’s hot and nice and sweet, not some skeptic who might leave me.

“Why DO men like bitches?” – They don’t. It’s just all the attractive girls are bitches.

“Spring Hair Trends – Hairstyles for Spring” – Men just want long hair and not those weird little over-stylized cuts. Generally speaking, prom nights are when girls look their LEAST pretty…we want them around the apartment with their makeup off.

Now, if all of these magazines are just to empower women, that’s fine, but just don’t assume any of these articles actually represent MALE feelings on the subject.

Thus, the joke is sound.