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frenchpet -> A tale of two countries. (10/19/2005 4:27:17 PM)
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(sorry if that should go in the off topic or the random stupidity section)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... oops, no that's not what I wanted to talk about. I just saw an issue of "Glamour" (last july's issue, I'm sure you'll all want to know this detail to get this historical issue) that reminded me of another magazine. Let's start with Glamour. The cover says : "What everyone you know is really doing in bed". Of course, when I saw that I had to read ! OMG OMG ! Glamour gets kinky !! Where is it where is it ??? OK the contents page is right at the beginning, after only 12 pages of ads. page 198 ! OMG OMG ! OK, page 199 I read :
-" What's the craziest thing you've done sexually?"
-"S&M - with handcuffs!"
guy-"We actually haven't tried yet, but we really want to."
girl-"Yeah, maybe we just need a drink or two to get in the mood."
There, I daren't turn to the next page in fear that the next people interviewed answer : "we did it doggy style ! - well, we only talked about doing it so far, but as soon as we do real time sex, we'll go for doggy style".
OK now the reason why I'm writing my 465th silly post on this board is that when I saw this article, I immediatly thought about another article I read a couple years ago. I was in the train in Russia, on my own, with not much to do. Booooring. A woman seating accross the aisle had fallen asleep, with her magazine on the whateveryoucallit, in front of her. She wasn't needing it, and I could take some time reading very simple russian (I mean, a women's magazine is not going to be as difficult as Pushkin), so I took it. Where I opened it (and obviously it was what got her attention), was an article about "new sex". A couple pictures being worth more than a zillion words, this sociological article about cultural changes in the modern world's houses was illustrated by 2 pictures. On one picture were 3 (4 ?)women in high heel and mini skirt, and each of them was nonchalantly holding a leash, and had a man prostrated at their feet on the leash.
The other picture showed the same men and the same women. The men were naked, crouching against each other, and the women were, well, just looking superior.
Besides this sociological article, this magazine was pretty normal, the article itself being between the usual "how to lose 5 kilograms in 5 days without any effort and eating what you like", and "the ultimate beauty secrets of the top models". Well, I can't remember was in that magazine besides this article, honestly.
Maybe it's nothing and you'll tell me that the subject has been featured in an old issue of Glamour, I just had the wrong issue. Maybe, but I just thought the comparison was ... interesting.
EDIT : In case anyone worried, I put the magazine back on the whateveryoucallit ( edit : tablet? ) even before she was awake. I've never stolen anything...
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