Do you think "lads mags" should be sold on the top shelf?

Question

Some people are protesting that these magazines are no better than pornography, they need to get a life I think!

I once saw a religious nutter throw a lads mag in the face of the manager of my local WH Smith, shouting that he should be ashamed of himself, she was the one who should be ashamed, making an **** of herself in public like that, the funny thing was she wanted to create a big scene but everyone just laughed then ignored her!

Answer 1

No medium would do... Put them with the Womens magazines like Cosmo as they are the same...


Hot hunks, How to have more orgasims, George Cloney topless.
I did it with my boyfriends best mate..., etc


Womens magazines are full of sex too...


Double standards??????

Plus you need to separate them from the real porn mags.


Kids should not be kept in the dark, only told that these aint for them yet as no fun as all about icky kissy stuff with girls who have coodies (ie how a kid thinks), but thats what older guys are normally into.

What about all the girlie teen magazines... They are full of sex stuff and all those pornagraphic shots of those boy band members with their muscells all on show...


All are healthy...both sexes should have their fun


Its relgious stuff that should be kept from kids... Thats the real trouble that messes them up

Answer 2

If they put those magazines on the top shelf, then are they going to do the same with The Sun and all the other papers that have a Page 3 girl? Surely that's just as pornographic and certainly more accessible to kids than the magazines are.

Answer 3

Yes but only to protect the innocents such as little kids and old spinsters from some of the more lurid pics
As for saying the protesters need to get a life is utter rubbish people should be able to make the choice of whether they see this sort of thing or not it should not be thrust on them. I am liberal minded about sex and pornography but others may and do think differently and their rights should also be protected.

Answer 4

i think lads mags should be on the top shelf. My local store puts them on the bottom shelf along with womens weekly, bliss and the kids magazines like thomas the tank engine, especially for the kids who come in and grab the zoo and nuts magazine.. they are far too young to look at this expicit content, if the magazine was higher they are less likely to reach it. My 7 year old likes girls but i do not think his age is approiariate for pin-ups and to buy adult content magazines, until he turns into his teens i think i will be far more excepting, then. I have complained to manager not because i dont like it, its wear they are displaying it... they should be more considerate to those who dont want to see every single nipple flashed in front of them, whilst going out to buy coffee, bread and milk.

Answer 5

NO I think they should be kept on the top shelf for adults only. As a child of the 60's I am not a prude and enjoyed a very varied sex life but I think graphic pictures of scantily clad women with their legs open, or men for that matter, are not nice viewing for my 3 year old granddaughter. The time will come when she loses her innocence of life and if you are a parent you should know what I am talking about.

Answer 6

Don't think it matters, if someone wants to buy one they will, whether its on the top shelf or next to the kids comics.

If it is meant to protect kids from seeing things they shouldn't, it's like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted because there's far worse things on TV every day of the week. Obviously if a ten year old tried to buy porn it wouldn't be a good idea to sell it to them, but I reckon if that's all anyone has to worry about they need to get a life.

Answer 7

They shouldn't be sold at all because they're rubbish. They just allow the perception of the gradual degredation of young men to snivelling lecherous idiots to be more acceptable in mainstream (feminised) society. If you want to see a lady with no clothes on, talk to one. If you want to drive a shiny car that goes really fast, earn some money and buy one. If you want to know the top ten things to do with a traffic cone you stole on the way home from the pub, steal one and experiment. They sell a vicarious myth or half-reality which undermines our ability to do fun stuff for ourselves.

with apologies for ranting but they really annoy me.

Answer 8

Do you have small children under five? Would their innocence be worth protecting for a little while at least?

Don't you think that real children's comics, aimed at them, should be at their eye level?

All adult content magazines should be on the top shelf.

Answer 9

shouldnt be made full stop, the promote the "lad" culture which in my opinion is the reason we get so many chavs. If you want naked girls, be a man and buy proper adult magazines instead of hiding behind the thin veil of repectability

Answer 10

Selling them on the top shelf wouldn't do any good anyway, because have you seen the size of "today's youth" ?

I think that the Jeremy Vine show (Radio2 1200-1400) gives far too much airtime to right wing feminists who use the issue of "minors" having access to these magazines to spout their anti-men propoganda. (he did read out my e-mail though).