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Some good points. The mistake here is assuming technology magazines have male only readers...

by nxpnsv 13y ago

Morgawr 13y ago
I agree, people interested in technology buy technology-related magazines. People interested in fashion (don't assume just women do that, it's a bit sexist) buy fashion-related magazines.
- Toenex 13y ago
  Precisely. The error here seems to be assuming that just because these magazines are often aimed at women they should cover all areas. The magazine is still a dominant force in fashion whereas technology is heavily supported by many and varied online resources.
tehwalrus 13y ago
Gendered behaviours (according to society, your peers, etc) permeate all sorts of things that you personally might not consider "gendered". I wonder how many girls would get surprised questions if they read a tech magazine, compared to the lack of attention they would get reading Heat... Not that some of them don't, but that's not how society expects them to behave (wrongly, of course), and most people hate standing out.
SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
As posted above, this is a tech magazine: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T3_(magazine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T3_(magazine) If somebody is making "The mistake of assuming technology magazines have male only readers" and it is everybody who works for or with the tech magazine in question
- noir_lord 13y ago
  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch#q=cosmopolitan+magazine&safe=active&tbm=isch https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch#q=cos... I do get what you are saying but you are literally judging the magazine by it's cover. If I was the editor a tech magazine and knew my readership breakdown was 70/30 then I would be inclined (given that I have to have either a woman or man on the cover) towards putting the woman on the cover.

Some good points. The mistake here is assuming technology magazines have male only readers...

by nxpnsv 13y ago

Some good points. The mistake here is assuming technology magazines have male only readers...

I agree, people interested in technology buy technology-related magazines. People interested in fashion (don't assume just women do that, it's a bit sexist) buy fashion-related magazines.

Toenex 13y ago
Precisely. The error here seems to be assuming that just because these magazines are often aimed at women they should cover all areas. The magazine is still a dominant force in fashion whereas technology is heavily supported by many and varied online resources.

tehwalrus 13y ago

Gendered behaviours (according to society, your peers, etc) permeate all sorts of things that you personally might not consider "gendered". I wonder how many girls would get surprised questions if they read a tech magazine, compared to the lack of attention they would get reading Heat... Not that some of them don't, but that's not how society expects them to behave (wrongly, of course), and most people hate standing out.

SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago

As posted above, this is a tech magazine: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T3_(magazine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T3_(magazine) If somebody is making "The mistake of assuming technology magazines have male only readers" and it is everybody who works for or with the tech magazine in question

noir_lord 13y ago
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch#q=cosmopolitan+magazine&safe=active&tbm=isch https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t3+magazine&tbm=isch#q=cos... I do get what you are saying but you are literally judging the magazine by it's cover. If I was the editor a tech magazine and knew my readership breakdown was 70/30 then I would be inclined (given that I have to have either a woman or man on the cover) towards putting the woman on the cover.