List of men's magazines

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This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines. This list includes both 'adult' magazines as well as more mainstream ones. Not included here are car magazines and gadget magazines, many of which are aimed at a primarily male audience.

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[edit] General male audience

These publications appeal to a broad male audience. Some skew toward men's fashion, others to health. Most are marketed to a particular age and income demographic.

Cover of an issue of Esquire magazine.
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Cover of an issue of Esquire magazine.

[edit] Sports magazines

See also: Category:Sports magazines

[edit] Lad mags

Lad mags have lots of pictures of scantily clad women, accompanied by articles about the women (usually models or actresses), consumer stories about cars, tools and toys, and guy tales of sex.

[edit] Skin magazines

See also: List of pornographic magazines

[edit] Magazines for gay and bisexual men

A gay men's fashion magazine
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A gay men's fashion magazine

[edit] Gay pornographic magazines

See: List of pornographic magazines

[edit] Ethnic men's magazines

[edit] African-American men's magazines

[edit] Latino-American men's magazines

[edit] Bibliography

  • Betrock, Alan, Pin-up mania! : the golden age of men's magazines, 1950-1967 , Brooklyn, N.Y. : Shake Books, 1993.
  • Peter Jackson, Nick Stevenson, Kate Brooks, Making sense of men's magazines Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell publishers, 2001.
  • Magforum.com. Men's magazines, 1731 - 2006 - [4]
  • Men's magazines: An A to Z, Magforum.com [5]
  • Stibbe, Arran. (2004). “Health and the Social Construction of Masculinity in Men’s Health Magazine.” Men and Masculinities; 7 (1) July, pp. 31-51. - full text

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