Lads' mags - what do we think?

I don't find support for these magazines at all entertaining, just sad. And I am neither bored nor lonely. This is a serious subject which deserves our attention.

I'm sure they have been exposed to a lot of things.

Will stop posting now as do not intend to provide any more entertainment for the bored or the lonely.

Jingle - do you find no significance in the fact that many young sex offenders have , indeed, been exposed to a diet of such images?

I doubt if if it is going to be a "diet" of it as such. Just a normal part of developmental curiosity. Or even just for the enjoyment. Sex is a hugely strong influence in young men. A bit of wanking over a dirty mag does no harm.

You don't need to be a social worker to understand that a diet of such images is going to have a perverting effect on a young mind.
Many of them show women dressed as young girls, being 'punished' or adopting degrading position. And, yes, I have seen them - I used to confiscate them.

You don't need to be a social worker to understand that a diet of such images is going to have a perverting effect on a young mind.

I would think a nervous young feller having to do the deed on demand in a clinic cubicle, is very likely to need a bit of help.

I'm sorry. I don't believe I am digging any hole. Just expressing my view. If it is different to yours, so be it.

Of course, I am not referring to extreme cases that social workers may come in contact with.

Jingle hand up that spade out of that great big hole you're digging!

Men don't need the aid of dirty mags in order to produce a sample of sperm. We should give them credit for SOMETHING!

I think most, if not all young men, will dabble with these mags at some point. But once they find their first girlfriend they quickly learn to revise their image of real girls/women.

As for old men looking at them, so what? Loneliness after later life bereavement might need to be consoled.

The internet with it's horrible hard and violent porn is another matter.

Yes. I think it is relevant. It is one purpose these mags are used for.

Is your comment relevant, jingle? We are not discussing sperm donors, are we?
I agree that all images which portray women as mindless pieces of meat whose sole purpose is to gratify men should be, at the very least, kept out of the reach of children.

Yes, remove them from view. We don't want our grandchildren being exposed to all this sexual material at a young age.
Top shelf, plain brown rappers , sorry wrappers (oops )
Also those borderline pornographic MTV type pop videos that are full of scantily clad singers simulating sex.

I take it they still get some donors doing it for money. [shrug]

Oh God! I did n' t mean anything personal!

Congrats to them.

Both my daughters' partners managed quite well without the dirty mags, thank you Jingle Two sets of IVF twins born without the aid of porn.

I would remove them too, but I agree with Lily that some women's magazines don't do us any favours either.

Remove the magazines from newsagents, it gives young men a warped idea of what is acceptable.

Ban porn in all it's forms!

I absolutely endorse the points made by when and wholeheartedly support the campaign.

That's what I think Sel. The worst stuff is online. I doubt if newsagents mags harm anyone. They need to have something to " encourage" the blokes in sperm donating clinics.

It's not an either/or. As Petallus says,hardcore, online porn( especially involving images of children) is being tackled (although we know it's very difficult to do so successfully) but we can object to and take action against all types of porn - the organisations that make up UK Feminista are already doing sterling work in criticisng and campaigning against all types of porn and don't need to be told by anyone to re-direct their attention to online porn in particular. The point of this particular campaign is that they feel they have a case under the Equality Act so it gives them an opening to taking legal action. The cover pages that I see in my local high street retailers may be relatively tame but I believe they do contribute to promoting sexist attitudes and behaviour. They also potentially harm both young girls/boys/men/women by promoting an unnatural idea of what a woman's body should look like. So go Gransnet, support the campaign.

Aren't the police already tackling hardcore?

I'd definitely like to see soft porn images disappearing from Newsagents. I do think their presence gives out an undesirable message about women's status in society.