I read the article Turning
Guys into Girls by Michelle Cottle. The article discussed how men’s magazines
are making men just as vain and insecure about their looks as women are. Cottle
talks about how this is great for women because men will finally understand how
stressful it is to try and fit society’s mold of perfection. I agree that older
men these days are more worried about getting rid of gray hairs and wrinkles
but the younger men could not care less. The magazine she referred to the most
was Men’s Health.
Cottle
presented her opinion using a lot of sarcasm. She tried to explain how men are
realizing media images are impossible standards to live up to now that more are
being published. She stated that although she wished that this would mean the
men would not expect women to try to live up to these standards that is not the
trend. Men now are trying to do what women have been doing for ages, which is
try to live up to these high standards. Cottle presents her opinion in
paragraph essay form splitting up the different subtopics on how these
magazines are changing men's and women's lives. The sarcasm is entertaining and
keeps the reader interested. It also has sort of a snarky tone which makes the
article even more funnier. Cottle did bring up some taboo subjects like sex and
men's magazines influence on that, and I think she could have done a better job
presenting that information. Overall the article was an entertaining opinion on
a non-controversial issue that did a good job not offending anyone at all.
