No man will read Cosmopolitan and no woman will pick up Sports Illustrated. Women's magazines are known for reinforcing female gender identity in the home with decorating tips, diets, and recipes. Cosmopolitan is a very good example of a women's magazine. It is not considered a typical women's magazine because of the way it glorifies sex and encourages women to use their appearance and sexuality to increase their personal gains in life. It would be easy to see Cosmo as feminist because of this, but at the same time it's easy to see it as reinforcing gender identity in that it implies that women should be there for men to look at and that this is the only way to progress in life. Another well-known female magazine trope is that women in magazines, and especially on covers, are always incredibly thin and incredibly perfect. Sometimes magazines differ from this and a perfect example is the 2004 issue of Glamor which featured Queen Latifa on the cover. This may seem like a brave step away from the idea that female gender identity must be thin, but on closer inspection it's nothing more than a sad attempt. First of all, Latifa had recently lost quite a bit of weight and had breast reduction surgery before appearing on the cover and even with that, they still put her in clothes that covered her stomach and any other parts that might have be “unpleasant”. .” Second, all the coverage was about