cheesy but not totally awful: men’s health feature

by Violet Blue on April 30, 2007

I was interviewed last week about the dating scene in San Francisco for a Men’s Health feature — puzzlingly, the feature in this men’s magazine is a literal guide for the ladies built on gender stereotypes circa Cosmo 1985: “Women, Here’s the Best Place to Find a Man“. It’s bizarrely specific, stating at the bottom “the complete list of the 101 best cities for women 35 and older to find a man…” It is kind of interesting to see which cities they picked as the top five; they even have methodology. I’ll save you the saccharine headache of not becoming a dried-out spinster (of any gender) in Salt Lake City or Arlington, and jump you right to San Francisco — where I didn’t know I was going to be commenting on “the gay question”. Still, I could see how this “question” could have wound up with a lame answer if they’d asked someone less, er, sex-positive.

The writer was actually really nice and smart; I’m sure all the “ladies, get your man” copy is standard-issue packaging for these quaintly retro MSM mags. But –it is true that I know way too many hot single straight boys right now. So terrible.

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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