Cosmopolitan magazine has a history of bagging on video games as a deterrent to meaningful relationships. It took a 2007 survey of girl gamers to get them on the bandwagon in the November 2010 issue.
The women's lifestyle magazine features a "Weekend: You & Him" section listing activities women can use to entice men. This month's section cites a 2007 survey from Gametart, a game rental service in the United Kingdom, which claims women who game have sex four times a week versus women who don't that only get it on three times per week.
The advice comes as a shift in the magazine's attitude toward video games. Previous issues of Cosmo in 2008 and 2009 advise taking PlayStation controllers away from boyfriends and unplugging Xboxes to improve communication and sex. Only one 2009 issue made reference to the fact that women like to play video games by recommending a Wii party as a girls-night-in activity in the "Cosmo Life" section.
As of 2009, Cosmopolitan has circulation of 2.9 million (combined subscriptions and newsstand sales) in North America alone. If the mag picks up on video games as a good thing for women, the rate of women picking up video games as a hobby will also probably increase. In short, keep an eye on Cosmo. It could be the backdoor to a whole new audience of female gamer.
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Cosmopolitan VOL.249, NO.5 (November 2010)
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