Give us a Recipe for Disaster, and We Will Love You

Looking for a good read? One that is filled with the latest gossip, dare devil women, drunken mothers, and the latest patient who checked into rehab? If so, it will not be too much of an effort to find something that will leave you satisfied. It is a simple as one, two, three, or rather, just a trip to your nearest grocery or drug store. Yes, once you enter those stores you will be introduced to a world of gossip brought to you by magazines such as Star, Cosmopolitan, Extra and the list goes on. However, don't be surprised if you fail to find that much negative gossip on your favourite male celebrities. Modern magazines tend to have their focus on women celebrities rather than male celebrities. These magazines are full of women celebrities and their mishaps.
If one were to take a good look around at the different magazines that are produced now a days, they would find it very hard to find many articles that focused on male celebrities. And, if they are lucky enough to find some, odds are the focus of the article is on the males looks and what he is looking for in a female companion, rather than a story about how he was seen drunk in public. From personal experience i see a prominent difference in articles dealing with male and female celebrities and I think that the answer is pretty obvious, though I don't agree with it, as to why.

Females are known to be conniving, manipulative and very harsh towards one another, and therefore they LOVE to hear negative gossip about one another. Magazines would not make half as much money as they do now if the focus were on male celebrities and the illegal things they've commited. It is sad, but it is true. It is our society that is intrigued about the negative rather than the positive.

Tabloids often excuse the crude behaviour of men, referring back to the belief that "boys will be boys", but this should not be an excuse to only focus on the negative aspects of women. There are those few celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Speares who crave the negative attention, because that's all they are able to get since their careers have gone down the drain. In these instances it is hard to avoid posting articles on their crude behaviour, but after a while I think that most would agree with me when I say that it gets tiring to hear and read about the same few "ladies".

Our "ladies at their very best

Magazines and tabloids in general should focus on the good rather than the ugly in pop culture. it would be interesting to read about more than drunken mothers and the latest in who is divorcing who. However, I do not believe that magazines will take that turn, at least not for a long while.

Count the number of women compared to the number of men in this video

The males that are acknowledged in the tabloids are in fact given grace even though they may have commited an offence. it is a mere slap on the wrist for them, and it doesn't take long for them to recover because of the way they are presented and the attention that they receive from the female readers. This is one thing that should change because not only is it biased, but in a sense, it is demeaning towards women. The fact that women are suckers towards men and only want to hear about " the top 10 things Matthew McConaughey looks for in a woman", should be offensive. One's sex appeal should not be a factor in deciding whether or not they receive positive or negative attention once they have committed an offense.

Does anyone else agree with this man's opinion?

Tabloids are aimed to entertain and maintain a widespread audience of women. The question we should ask ourselves is why are we buying something that focuses on the mishaps of someone else's life, their mistakes and ultimately feeding the egos of celebrities after they act in a certain manner.




Find more of the latest gossip at:

http://www.seventeen.co.za/site.php
http://www.starmagazine.com/
http://www.people.com/people
http://www.usmagazine.com/