Sainsburys Ban on Mags

[beryllium]

So, if Sainsburys are banning those 'boys mags' ie Nuts, Loaded? etc because of female nudity, do they sell The Sport? or The Sun? i have just watched the news, and it seems they want to put the mags in covers....

i just asked my partner at what age he started looking at his granddads Sun, and he said 8!!! surely it's natural.....

[Ethel]

The magazines you refer to are very different to the Sun.

Good for Sainsbury's for taking this stance.

[jno]

well, they're not banning them, are they? They're putting them in covers.

[VINNY100_2]

Save them getting all wet....when its raining...!!(:-)

[JackDanielsU]

Pathetic.

Loaded, FHM etc are not filled with nude pictures. Yes there may be inside the odd picture of a topless girl, and quite a few in lingerie etc. But to try and say the mags should be in covers is saying they are like "top-shelf" magazines - which they are not

Best thing - lets have ALL magazines in covers, so noone can moan or have a grumble.

[lightoftruth]

This is just pathetic. As JackDanielsU stated magazines like FHM do contain topless images of women but the largest part of the magazine is devoted to mens fashion, gadgets, film etc. And anyway the covers only have women in bras etc so no offence should be caused. So are we gona ban mens health/gay times etc for the portrayal of the male chest. Like hell they will. This is a last ditch attempt by those hideously masculine femenists to try and make a world that has moved on from them notice them.

P.S i am not a mysogenist and am all for equal rights but why do all the hardcore femenist look like men?

[alijangra]

I would rather see heat magazine etc in covers so I dont have to read pathetic headlines about c-list celebs starving themselves/drug addiction/rehab/love lives.

[alijangra]

FHM is actually a brilliant read, I just dont dwell on the girly pics which are all airbrushed anyway, except the time they showed the un-airbrushed pic of her from footie wives because she was a stroppy cow. It was complete with love handles and hints of stretch-marks. Class!!!

Ps the sport, star etc have up-skirt crotch pics on the front of them so why they not being covered up? Double standards as usual.

[Reese]

Just really a comment on double-standards. TV news shows real violence in Indonesia where Playboy Magazine has just had a version published. The Moslems were very upset and tried to wreck Playboys offices. HOWEVER, Indoesia aleady has it`s own girlie magazine which is far more explicit and is freely sold! Seems it`s not a case of objection to the pictures than to the U.S. connection.

[MisterBuss]

On this subject, please could anyone help. I sell Mail-order lingerie which is aimed at women but advertising in women`s magazines is bringing little response. Now I find that I have a lot of male customers (for themselves). As ABers here seem knowledgeable about this subject, which magazine is likely to be read by transvestites or men who are interested?

[beryllium]

lol....Oh darlings,darlings. darlings....i agree with you all......

but, out of interest.........

who are the cross dressers?

[brachiopod]

Oh, for f***'s sake, where did you hear that so-called 'Lad's Mags' are being BANNED? Was it the same 'newspaper' that told you singing Ba-Ba Black Sheep is banned, by any chance??

A few pointers;

1. Magazines are increasingly being sold in plastic covers because of all the "free" inserts, gifts, sections, and general tack stuck to the front. (Think of your Sunday paper), and to stop 'browsers'.

2. Because of the increasingly risqu� covers these publications carry (no doubt fuelled by the general public's interest in Z-List so-called celebrities), the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) proposed a voluntary Code of Practice which suggested putting them on the top shelf. (NOT banning them)

3.Many national chain-news-retailers are very susceptible to high-profile pressures, often orchestrated by the very publications they distribute (qv. The Daily Mail, The Scum etc. etc.) - campaigns like this can allow a minority to force a National Retailer to withdraw a product / publication that they would not buy/watch/read themselves, and therefore think that no-one else should. These pressures will try to force your average Sainsbury's etc. not to stock the Jerry Springer - The Opera DVD (again, not actually 'banned';), or WHSmith to only stock 'soft porn' top-shelf publications.

Which brings me to.....

... [cont]

[brachiopod]

4.WHSmith (Retail) will only stock 'wholesome' soft-porn titles (eg. 'Playboy' and 'Mayfair', not 'Razzle' or 'Reader's Wives'). These seedier titles you will only find in your "dodgy" corner-shop newsagent. Why? Because WHSmith (Distribution) control about 85% of media distribution in this country. So even if their reatil arm will not stock a title, they will impose it on their agents. Hence, 'seedy' corner shop and 'wholesome' WH Smith the retailer, even though the former may not even want to stock a particular title, it is imposed on them by the distributor that won't stock the title in its own shops !!

Sorry, beryllium, (love the name!) this ended up as a bit of a rant !! But then. hypocrisy in the media, and media distribution, is nothing new. And now WHSmith are selling pink Playboy-bunnied pencil cases and stationary aimed at little girls? Hmmm, a bastion of retailing integrity......

[Minxie]

I think these lads mags should be placed on a higher shelf. I have kids and its in their eye vision. There is one womans magazine called Scarlett I have seen in Smiths which has a sexual content. And its placed on the top shelf! Even though it has no pictures of half naked men on the front.

I dont want to walk round the mag section in Sainsburys or wherever to have magazines with women with thier "assets" on show. Thanks.

[Dan Glebitts]

I completely agree with Jack DanielsU and lightoftruth and all others with the same view. FHM and such are a good read and well worth the money. As alijangra said I would rather the 'gossip' mags like Heat and OK were put away or even burnt. Such time wasting drivvle... rant...mumble...splutter..

[beryllium]

Morning All, and a Very Happy Easter Sunday......

Brach..... it was on the BBC news, just a report.... I had to look at the calendar to check it wasn't April 1...

anyway, this is where it originates from.... I shall leave you to your own conclusions...

http://freespace.virgin.net/object.object/down loads/Lads%20Mags%20Retailers.doc

[beryllium]

http://freespace.virgin.net/object.object/downloads/Lads%20Mags%20Retailers.doc

aaahhhh, this should work....

[GMH]

I have seen these magazines on the top shelves of newsagents wrapped in plastic with the obvious parts covered up.

Newspapers like The Sun have their "naughty bits" inside the cover (i.e. page three) so it isn't usually apparent when being viewed from a shop. Most people obviously knows that The Sun will have a naked female inside their newspaper as it usually it is common knowledge.

Even women's magazines (Woman's Own etc) have sexual content inside them (i.e. fashion, agony aunts, short stories etc) but in a more liberalised away than Nuts or Loaded.

The fact of the matter is that sex sells in whatever context it appears in.

What was his granddad reading The Sun for anyway? Surely not for what I am thinking...

[beryllium]

hi GMH, why was my partners granddad reading the sun? lol, i think 'reading' is used in the loosest sense, but..... apparently, and this was over 20 yrs ago, the crossword was fine for him, God rest his soul....

I dont care where theses mags are placed, when nuts and loaded came about, i read one of them... pure mens humour and why not? if a guy can relax and read blokey things, i am not going to complain.

What i dont agree with is when some nanny minded do gooder, decides she doesn't like them, whatever love!! dont be looking at the mens section..... by the way, her argument on the lunch time news was very weak....

Women, who model in these mags are paid alot of money, so they're not stupid!!! it's just a body and, if men want to help pay for their wages, then so be it....

I dont agree with Playboy pens being sold to kids btw...

But adults should be allowed to read what they like....

i'm looking forward to the mens march against Womans Own, ban it!!! it's only for women.... snot fair!!!

[jump79]

lightoftruth- stupid, mindless comments like yours tell me you are a backward misogynist, whether you admit it or not.

[Goodsoulette]

I have seen some covers on the lads mags which have been pretty much hot girl on girl action with the nipples sprayed out. I was a little shocked cause it was kiddie height in woolies.

Its just up to the retailer to be a little more sensible where they place them.