Quote Originally Posted by Grog
Have you gals noticed the number of ads in the back pages for "performance enhancing" widgets, but for performance in bed, not on the road.
Yep, and some of 'em are good products, too! I just don't know if I want to send my ten year old niece to a sports magazine to see that where advertising is concerned, it is virtually always the picture of the woman
bent over in some way. It's not just the sexual content, per se, it's the one-sided nature of it.

But, below is a post I made to a different thread (Bibs) because some other advertising stuff came up there. This is a little OT, but I kind of expanded my thought. Curious to know how you all feel.
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You know, I was just reading and posting to another thread (about bike magazines). My comment was that I used to really enjoy Bicycling Magazine, but enjoy it less and less, and might drop my subscription and just pick up the buyers guide once a year. I find it to be very male-centric in its content and advertising.

I've been puzzling over this shift in my enjoyment...wonder if anyone else has experienced this? You know, I'm a heterosexual woman raised with all brothers in my family, I like, generally respect and enjoy men. I don't think I'm prudish, I like sex and enjoy joking, etc. Even like sexy pictures and innuendos, if that's what I'm specifically looking for (as opposed to looking for, say, bike clothes). And, lately, I just feel more and more discouraged about the biking culture, about companies' offerings, etc.

The thing about bikecove.com, and some other company/publication offerings is that I want to be able to send my young nieces to publications and so forth in an effort to introduce them to a sport that empowers and supports them. I have no interest in trying to shield them from the existence of healthy sex, etc. But does a company really have to name its bikes The Handjob, The Playmate, The Hummer? (And, I do support free speech and free enterprise, so I guess there's a market, or they wouldn't exist.)

I'm just feeling sad about it lately. Am I overreacting? Anyone else feel this way?