Sunday, August 14, 2005

Serieus?!?!



These billboards are everywhere in Amsterdam these days -- seemingly at every street corner and tram stop in the city. I'm sure Cosmopolitan must have paid a small fortune to plaster this magazine cover so far and so wide...

It shouts out to anyone within viewing distance: Pret met Cosmo (Fun with Cosmo)! Including... Erotische Geheimen (Erotic Secrets) with Verborgen Erogene Zones (Hidden Erogenous Zones) and De Complete Penis-Files (you probably don't need translation for that one)... Also posing the timeless question about Je Seks CV: van Maagd tot Man-Eater - Hoe fijn is veel ervaring? (Your Sex Resumé: from Virgin to Man-Eater - How beneficial is much experience?)... And of course, this is the icing on the cake: Nu met GRATIS Durex Condoom! (Now with FREE Durex Condom!)...

Truthfully, it seems a bit ridiculous to me. Ridiculous -- and sad. I just wonder what price will ultimately have to be paid for such a cheap view of sex...

1 Comments:

At 5:43 PM, Blogger Crystal said...

I subscribe to a ton of fashion & women's magazines but Cosmo is NOT one of them. I'm a liberal and have nothing against cheap sex, but they WAY overdo it and it gets boring and ridiculous after a while. "33 New Positions to Try", "20 Ways to Turn On Your Man" etc. etc., that is so anti-feminist and it amazes me how popular that magazine is (in the States at least). Thank God we don't have the billboards too, I've never seen those here...yet!

 

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