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Fun, But Not Too Fun
The most shocking part of the Cosmo quiz to me was its treatment of sexually aggressive women. You'd think a magazine that features detailed instructions on how to truss your mate's secondary genitalia with saran wrap would be a little more accepting of girls who like sex. However a number of the quizzes dealing with bedroom behavior urged the vixens, in so many words, to slow down or risk overwhelming their guys. And after reading Maxim, I think that's highly unlikely to happen. I guess the Cosmo girl is fun and fearless, but not frisky.
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The more you take these quizzes, the more you start to flesh out the three types of women in this universe. There's the painfully shy wall flower, so low in self esteem that she cloaks herself in baggy clothing and has silent sex in total darkness. Then there's the over-aggressive egotistical vixen who can't hold onto a man, although she may try several different positions to do so. And finally, there's the Cosmo girl. She is confident, but not too confident, assertive but not overbearing, and frankly too well adjusted to need a magazine like Cosmopolitan.
Each quiz ends with a little blurb about which of the three types of woman you are. A quiz about your dating habits, for example, might yield some words of wisdom from a relationship counselor. This expert might give the wall flower a few tips to break out of her shell, or caution the slut to cool her jets. No advice is necessary for the Cosmo girl, of course, because she's not reading the magazine anyway.
So after an evening of quizzing, I discovered that I am sensible and level-headed, wholesomely seductive, fabulous in bed, fun to be around, infinitely promotable, and, of course, disarmingly humble. I can't argue with science, people.
