Are You Turning Your Boyfriend Into A Girlie Man?

Are You Turning Your Boyfriend Into A Girlie Man? - Molly Triffin, Cosmopolitan Feb. 2010

The humorous, yet very realistic article written by Molly Triffin, a Cosmopolitan magazine editor explains how girlfriends accidentally turn their man into a feminina. Molly Triffin cleverly gets to the bottom of how and why boyfriends are being turned into their girlfriends "best friend." You may think what is wrong with that? Aren't we all supposed to marry our best friend? But there are problems that exist when your boyfriend becomes your best friend. That problem is: he also becomes another one of your 'girlfriends.' Girlfriends do many things together like group exercise classes, eating at healthy hot spots instead of the local pizzarea, and going to the salon for pedicures. Molly Triffin explains how women can be accidentally accused of 'chick-ifying'their manly men. In turn, women don't get everything they want they get just another girlfriend. Molly Triffin goes on to give pointers on how to keep their men, simply men. Some of her ideas include having a pizza night together, going to take a snowboarding lesson, having him teach you how to play his favorite video games and cook a steak dinner together. Molly Triffin's portrayal of this subconscious catastrophe are accurate in many ways. She also identified many sources of outside information. The article was so interesting that it was just about impossible to put the magazine down. Triffin took one side the argument defending her statement that girlfriends are turning their boyfriends into chicks! Although Triffin is an excellent writer she put her personal opinions into the article. The article was also brief and focused, about two and a half pages.

Welcome to my blog that I have made for CMJ 236. I'm really not sure what to write on here, but I will tell you a little bit about myself. Currently, I am majoring in journalism but I will probably be switching to mass communication. I also love to teach group exercise and I am now teaching classes at the rec center on fridays. So come work out with me sometime! : )