Gay magazines in shops

stefanovich

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Lol. I'm actually genuinely surprised those magazines still exist. Who pays for porn nowadays?

dar100

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

blinding

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'd say that if you could wave a magic wand and make all men happily gay then they probably have a happier all round life .

Wouldn't have to pay much attention to feminism etc ,etc ,etc ,

Universal homosexuality for men would probably be a good thing for men .

Phoebas

stefanovich wrote: »

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I dunno.
In what way are these magazines encouraging you to be gay?

infogiver

dar100 wrote: »

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

me_right_one

dar100 wrote: »

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

Exactly. It's only impressionable teenagers who go for top shelf magazines anyway, and if their first sexual encounter is going to be pics from a gay magazine, thats it! Gay for life. Its pretty sinister if you ask me.

suicide_circus

Every trip to Central makes you 0.8% gayer

Collie D

me_right_one wrote: »

Exactly. It's only impressionable teenagers who go for top shelf magazines anyway, and if their first sexual encounter is going to be pics from a gay magazine, thats it! Gay for life. Its pretty sinister if you ask me.

I nearly thanked this and then realised when I saw you had thanked the OP that you may actually be serious.

Hammer Archer

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Because there's no demand for them? Shops generally stock items that will sell.

Phoebas

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Economics?

gizmo81

in a shop like Eason's there will be near a thousand magazines of which three to five will be targeted towards the LGBTQ community. So, Yes, straight men are being targeted for extermination.

Collie D

Phoebas wrote: »

I dunno.
In what way are these magazines encouraging you to be gay?

Some magazines have free CDs or video games but they're only sample tasters. In order to get the full album or game you have to have at least three gay experiences.

Pherekydes

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'm heterosexual, OP, and I can buy any magazine I want to buy. Just ask and shops that sell magazines will order what you want .

You can get them to place your magazine in the 'Proud Heterosexual ' section.

Avatar MIA

What gay magazines are available? Is this the fitness magazines, with buff good looking guys on the cover?*

Or are you talking about something explicitly for gay men?


























*Yes, I know how gay that reads. :pac:

infogiver

Phoebas wrote: »

Economics?

FHM and NUTS are gone but Esquire is going strong. If I wanted it I'd ask my newsagent to get it for me.

crazyderk

lot of them have gone out of business

FHM/Zoo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/17/fhm-zoo-magazines-suspend-publication

Nuts
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/31/nuts-magazine-close

Loaded
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/27/loaded-close-21-years-lads-mag

TheDriver

You've been doing a good bit if research OP

El_Duderino 09

stefanovich wrote:

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Just to play along with your delusion for a minute. Being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged by whom? 'The Man' presumably. Has 'The Man' turned gay?

To answer your question seriously, being a heterosexual male isn't being actively discouraged in all men, just you.

Nervous Wreck

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

What?!

Rachiee

Ha ha shops have no agenda they stock things that sell. fhm maxim playboy sold for boobies it was never about the articles now there are boobies everywhere for free on the internet. If gay times sells its because some people are actually interested in the articles. spar is not trying to do anything but make money seriously OP who exactly do you think is behind this active discouragement of the straight lifestyle ?

keeponhurling

blinding wrote: »

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'd say that if you could wave a magic wand and make all men happily gay then they probably have a happier all round life .

Wouldn't have to pay much attention to feminism etc ,etc ,etc ,

Universal homosexuality for men would probably be a good thing for men .

Might bring some disadvantages for the future of the human race, mind you

skankkuvhima

You're not really allowed to criticize objectifying men. Objectifying women is completely out of order though. That's why magazines objectifying men are fine but doing the same for women is wrong. Another example would be the diet coke ads vs hunky dory ad

imme

Avatar MIA wrote: »

What gay magazines are available? Is this the fitness magazines, with buff good looking guys on the cover?*

Or are you talking about something explicitly for gay men?


*Yes, I know how gay that reads. :pac:

Yes i think he means gay magazines ie mags directed at the gays, but i think that's what you mean

Attitude
Gay times

My local supermarket used to stock gay times but has since stopped
So the market isn't there maybe

Grindr tells me otherwise

Oasis1974

Rachiee wrote: »

Ha ha shops have no agenda they stock things that sell. fhm maxim playboy sold for boobies it was never about the articles now there are boobies everywhere for free on the internet. If gay times sells its because some people are actually interested in the articles. spar is not trying to do anything but make money seriously OP who exactly do you think is behind this active discouragement of the straight lifestyle ?

What articles in a gay magazine would make them sell i mean i cant understand that? I take it was the same as the now gone straight mags just the pictures :P

stefanovich

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Lol. I'm actually genuinely surprised those magazines still exist. Who pays for porn nowadays?

GQ and Esquire are certainly not porn. Playboy doesn't even do nude pictures anymore.

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Exactly. Somehow it seems it is not politically correct to encourage men's interest in women but somehow top shelf gay magazines are everywhere.

gizmo81 wrote: »

in a shop like Eason's there will be near a thousand magazines of which three to five will be targeted towards the LGBTQ community. So, Yes, straight men are being targeted for extermination.

I've never looked at one but they usually have a picture of a scantily clad man on the front so I am probably not far off my assumption that they have more of the same inside.

I am thinking that they are the gay equivalent of something like FHM or Playboy.

Is it because feminists are not so worried about the objectification of men?

Collie D

crazyderk wrote: »

lot of them have gone out of business

FHM/Zoo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/17/fhm-zoo-magazines-suspend-publication

Nuts
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/31/nuts-magazine-close

Loaded
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/27/loaded-close-21-years-lads-mag

And Playboy stopped publishing nudes about a year ago. We'll see if all those "I only read it for the articles" types will keep it in circulation

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/susannahbreslin/2016/04/04/playboy-no-nudes/amp/

El Weirdo

suicide_circus wrote: »

Every trip to Central makes you 0.8% gayer

This is true. I was in Centra twice yesterday and definitely had a slight hankering for some cock afterwards.

imme

Oasis1974 wrote: »

What articles in a gay magazine would make them sell i mean i cant understand that? I take it was the same as the now gone straight mags just the pictures :P

Gay times and attitude both gay mags aren't porn

They're very tasteful!

Seriously though they're not porn, don't think there's even a single fully naked guy in them

They deal with social, lifestyle health etc issues predominantly in a tasteful way
Maybe check one out next time you see one on sale

stefanovich

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Just to play along with your delusion for a minute. Being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged by whom? 'The Man' presumably. Has 'The Man' turned gay?

To answer your question seriously, being a heterosexual male isn't being actively discouraged in all men, just you.

Discouraged by the cuckolded society we live in. Overweight hairy 3rd wave feminists complain because of a pretty girl on the cover of a magazine being objectified when really they are jealous. Meanwhile, gay rights are being pushed and no one would dare apply the same rules.

imme

El Weirdo wrote: »

This is true. I was in Centra twice yesterday and definitely had a slight hankering for some cock afterwards.

Craigslist is the place for you then

stefanovich

imme wrote: »

Gay times and attitude both gay mags aren't porn

They're very tasteful!

Seriously though they're not porn, don't think there's even a single fully naked guy in them

They deal with social, lifestyle health etc issues predominantly in a tasteful way
Maybe check one out next time you see one on sale

Never said they are porn but I am pretty sure there are pictures of men in there for ogling.

Sonics2k

gizmo81 wrote: »

in a shop like Eason's there will be near a thousand magazines of which three to five will be targeted towards the LGBTQ community. So, Yes, straight men are being targeted for extermination.

Yup, straight men are going to be exterminated via a lack of porn magazines aimed at men.

Frankly it's astonishing and proof of our virility that we made it thousands of years before the sneaky gheys came along and destroyed our porn.

El_Duderino 09

stefanovich wrote:

Is it because feminists are not so worried about the objectification of men?

Feminists don't influence the stock ordering inside shops. They do however seem to influence a fair bit of your thinking.

Where do lesbians fit into the equation? If here are no lesbian magazines goes that mean lesbianism is being actively discouraged by D'feminsts too?

So your gripe with the relative lack of straight male porn mags or straight male gossip mags like FHM etc?

stefanovich

Collie D wrote: »

And Playboy stopped publishing nudes about a year ago. We'll see if all those "I only read it for the articles" types will keep it in circulation

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/susannahbreslin/2016/04/04/playboy-no-nudes/amp/

They are apparently going back to boobies this month but good like finding someone who ****ing stocks it.

When I was a young lad you have penthouse and playboy and perfect 10. Now they have been replaced with gay magazines.

imme

stefanovich wrote: »

Discouraged by the cuckolded society we live in. Overweight hairy 3rd wave feminists complain because of a pretty girl on the cover of a magazine being objectified when really they are jealous. Meanwhile, gay rights are being pushed and no one would dare apply the same rules.

What's wrong with a pretty boy on the cover to help sell copies
Every kind of magazine puts effort into their front cover

I'm not aware of a concerted effort by hairy feminist​s to alter the cover of magazines that portray women in a particular way

It is all objectifying of course but that's the industry and the society we live in

Samaris

Yes. It is now discouraged to be a heterosexual male. Please report to your nearest gay/feminist station for ritual deballing and (gay or feminist) porn mag of choice.

However (post-deballing), protections for the straight male minority will enter into law; from now on, all images/videos of "lesbians" kissing in heterosexual magazines will be banned.

(Or it may be down to that men don't seem to be reading male magazines as much anymore; http://wwd.com/business-news/media/mens-magazine-market-upheaval-readers-decline-10336957/ but young gay men (and presumably women) that can't risk looking for gay porn/advice columns online still buy them. The simplest explanation is generally the right one.)

imme

stefanovich wrote: »

Never said they are porn but I am pretty sure there are pictures of men in there for ogling.

It's all very tasteful i assure you

Why not check them out

stefanovich

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Feminists don't influence the stock ordering inside shops. They do however seem to influence a fair bit of your thinking.

Where do lesbians fit into the equation? If here are no lesbian magazines goes that mean lesbianism is being actively discouraged by D'feminsts too?

So your gripe with the relative lack of straight male porn mags or straight male gossip mags like FHM etc?

They influence people's perception of what is acceptable and was isn't in society.

skankkuvhima

stefanovich, you are wasting your time trying to debate this stuff on boards.ie. If you don't agree with the left agenda apparently you are either a tinfoil hat nutter or a racist sexist hate monger. To be honest, this place is gone to shit

Gavinz

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Yes, definitely.

I briefly glimpsed a gay magazine cover in a shop once, now I have a penis inside me.

skankkuvhima

Gavinz wrote: »

Yes, definitely.

I briefly glimpsed a gay magazine cover in a shop once, now I have a penis inside me.

Are you normally that easily influenced?

Sonics2k

imme wrote: »

It's all very tasteful i assure you

Why not check them out

He's afraid he'll catch the gay, of course.

skankkuvhima

Sonics2k wrote: »

He's afraid he'll catch the gay, of course.

Good man, belittle other peoples opinions, thats how you get people on your side.

eeguy

stefanovich wrote: »

They are apparently going back to boobies this month but good like finding someone who ****ing stocks it.

When I was a young lad you have penthouse and playboy and perfect 10. Now they have been replaced with gay magazines.

Now they've been replaced by online porn. Seriously, FHM, esquire and the like had nothing you couldn't get online for free. Did you really buy the mags for the articles and fashion advice?

PARlance

Could you tell us where these shops are? I don't want to catch the gay anytime soon.

imme

skankkuvhima wrote: »

stefanovich, you are wasting your time trying to debate this stuff on boards.ie. If you don't agree with the left agenda apparently you are either a tinfoil hat nutter or a racist sexist hate monger. To be honest, this place is gone to shit

3 gay magazines means that homosexuality is being pushed?????
By society?????

El_Duderino 09

stefanovich wrote:

Discouraged by the cuckolded society we live in. Overweight hairy 3rd wave feminists complain because of a pretty girl on the cover of a magazine being objectified when really they are jealous. Meanwhile, gay rights are being pushed and no one would dare apply the same rules.

Oh I see. And do these thoughts occur to you often? Do they come from inside your head or do you get them from inanimate objects?

Seriously though, is 'the cuckolded society we live in' the new hipster expression for The Man? The Man is presumably an overweight hairy woman now of course.

You sound oppressed by all this somehow, u ok Hun?

Collie D

skankkuvhima wrote: »

stefanovich, you are wasting your time trying to debate this stuff on boards.ie. If you don't agree with the left agenda apparently you are either a tinfoil hat nutter or a racist sexist hate monger. To be honest, this place is gone to shit

Yeah, it was great four months ago...

skankkuvhima

Collie D

I can give you a hand learning to quote if you wish. Sneaky edit there :-)

eviltwin

I thought some of those lad mags had gone under due to lack of sales or were online only. Publishing is a tough business, lots of magazines don't last because people don't buy them. I think pre internet those publications did well because they appealed to a certain market, now that market gets what it wants online. Gay magazines have plenty of eye candy but also have actual proper decent articles rather than just filler.