By By Martini Amour
Nowadays, it seems the moment a girl has her first kiss she feels inclined to pick up a magazine like Cosmo and checkout what the next step is or if she did everything right. As girls grow up, these publications guide them every step of the way, until they could practically write the magazines themselves.
I have been reading Cosmo magazine since I was about 15- year-old, and here I am, six years later, a sex columnist, and I still feel the need to read it every month. I’ve probably read 10,000 of the “Best Sex Tips Ever,” not to mention what I’ve learned from all of my experiences and friends through the years.
It seems as though with the use of all these “glossy” magazines, society has programmed women to be knowledgeable on how to pleasure a man. So why are guys not conditioned in the same way?
“We get a porn magazine and are just told to go to work,” Chris, 23, said.
Men are encouraged to have sex from a much younger age than women, but it is done blindly without any guidance. Not all men have an older brother who passes them down a “bible” like in the movie American Pie. There are only so many things that can be learned through experience. Women are complicated to please, so I don’t understand why we don’t publish a magazine outlining everything men should know in an effort to educate.
I encourage this magazine idea, because how often do men sit around a poker table talking about the intimate details of their sex lives? I assume not that often. Yes, I will risk making an assumption that the conversation doesn’t consist of more than how big her breasts were and if they got laid or not.
“I think its necessary to educate the opposite sex, about well, sex,” Alyson, 18, said. “Most women’s magazines provide blow by blow (no pun intended) descriptions about how to please their man, where on the contrary, men’s magazines contain no such useful information to enhance their performance in the bedroom. I think if men’s magazines contained such content, it would improve relationships and improve self confidence.”
Even though Maxim magazine seems to be a step in the right direction, it needs to blatantly have directions and tips for men on how to perform certain sexual acts properly.
When I brought my new theory up to my male friends, some of them were not so receptive.
“That ruins half the fun, which is figuring it all out for yourself,” Shane, 20, a music major, said.
Rest assured, being told some techniques to use, trying them out for yourself and in return having an amazing female reaction, would not kill the fun involved.
“Would great men like Einstein, Plato and Darwin all have gotten to where they were without a little help?” Brian, 19, a business major, said. “The female body is a very intricate piece of work, and having a blueprint of it can only help great minds,” he added.
Overall, I think that my proposition would make sex better. Men, I don’t mean to offend you in any way, trust me, I know that women are not all geniuses when it comes to sex. I’m on your side, an advocate of sorts, because I think you should have as much education literature as we do, it’s only fair