Straight men and women's magazines
When I was at my local Walgreens today, I decided to check the newsstands for Field and Stream, a hunting and fishing magazine that I read on a religious basis. But then, something caught my eye. I decided to put the F&S mag down and plop open an issue of some female hairstyle magazine aimed at women and gay men. I also read Maxim magazine on a regular basis, but this time I didn't care for it. The cover of the magazine had a large montage of "sexy" and "sassy" female hairstyles including the one that Katie Holmes is now sporting. It said, "steal this sexy bobbed look from Katie," or something of that nature. BTW, Katie looks great. So I asked the clerk the price of the hairstyle mag, and she said $4.95. She didn't even flinch at the apparent title. To my dismay, I asked "But is it normal for a man as myself to purchase such a magazine?" She responded, "Oh sure, lots of men do this for some reason, including a few regular customers." I didn't feel right about my purchase. After my purchase, I just couldn't put the magazine down for some reason. There was nothing in it that would pique the supposed interests of a stereotypical straight man, yet it made me feel almost as if I were in love!!! After looking at the magazine, and hiding it from my girlfriend, it really gave me some interesting ideas on what I could do with her hair. Should I notify her of my feelings associated with this purchase, or would that just creep her out? Is it normal to feel this way? This has almost made me consider applying to a local beauty school for the heck of learning how to dress hair =) Never felt this way before. What would this particular incident indicate about me, psychologically speaking?