Grocery Store Won't Stock Vagina Owner's Manual

[matcom]

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The October issue of Seventeen magazine is too racy for the Albertsons' supermarket chain.

The magazine have been pulled because of an article titled "Vagina 101."

Close-up drawings detail various parts of the female anatomy, under the headline "Owner's Manual."

The Idaho-based Albertsons' corporate office issued a statement saying the magazine was pulled because of complaints from customers.

But there's plenty of racy stuff still on the Albertsons' magazine rack, including Men's Health, with an article called "Six Secret Ways to Turn Her On."

http://www.wftv.com/family/5190356/detail.html

[lpbk2713]

1. Wallowing in their ignorance is a way of life for some people.

And they will always be offended if anyone intrudes on their ignorance.

[Az]

2. Poor people. Now they will never learn how to switch that thing on

Vroom Vroom!

[LaurenG]

3. lol n/t

[underpants]

4. What about Cosmo's "New sexual position"?????

Are they carrying that?

[redqueen]

35. Yeah, what about that?

What is it, anyway?

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Hell, they ought to stock Vagina User's Manuals...

right next to the condoms...I'm sure that's something a lot of guys could probably benefit from reading. I recall seeing the results of a survey where something like 45% of men were unable to correctly identify the clitoris on a diagram of the female genitalia, which is pretty damned sad if you think about it. One can only assume that they were Republicans.

[LeftyMom]

19. 45%

Geez, that explains a lot. :eyes:

[tigereye]

23. ha ha

that's what I was going to say! :rofl:

[CanuckAmok]

34. That book is for women?

I'll be darned.

[In_The_Wind]

6. Why does the second largest grocery chain want women to be uninformed ...

[StopTheMorans]

7. because that way, they'll always have to rely on men, and they'll never

be able to purchase smilies for themselves...

[In_The_Wind]

10. white-collar/white-bread corporate ideals = pure crap ...

[StopTheMorans]

12. someone call 911, i think i'm having a halloseizure

:crazy:

[In_The_Wind]

13. too much stimulation ~ avoid Albertsons' Supermarkets

is this better ...

huh

[StopTheMorans]

14. yes, thank you

:thumbsup:

[sundog]

33. i love that one!

:thumbsup:

[Orsino]

8. Albertson's is right to be concerned.

Why, if girls today start to suspect that they have vaginas, they're certain to start using them!!!!!

[StuckinBFE]

9. I believe that Albertsons is owned by the Mormons...

if this is true, I've said enough

[Shell Beau]

11. It is a body part! They

are making it seem as though girls should be ashamed. It could benefit teens to learn about that part of their body and understand it. So many girls think they are abnormal or whatever. Why is it bad to learn and understand what is normal and healthy?

[no name no slogan]

15. Wow, I'm glad a got a subscription

nt

[afdip]

16. is it a "users" manual or an "owners" manual . . . . there can be

a difference, ya' know.

[Ellen Forradalom]

17. What year is this?

I recall since my own teens that magazines have been periodically getting into trouble for attempting to educate their readers.

[Jed Dilligan]

18. What about tampon instructions...

All that insertion...

[LaraMN]

20. Great! Now how am I supposed to know how to work the thing?!

[asthmaticeog]

21. Practice?

:shrug:

[Lavender Brown]

22. The issue was actually banned from some school libraries in my area

It had a lot of coverage on the local news. :eyes:

[Loonman]

24. Pussies

;)

[Shell Beau]

27. No pun intended I'm sure!!

:P

[tigereye]

25. yeah

only 30 years after Our Bodies Ourselves came out! :eyes:

[underpants]

26. Is this an explanation of this smilie?

:applause:

[Saphire]

28. Albertsons feels its best not to let young women learn about their

own bodies. Allllllllrighty then.

[noonwitch]

29. Seventeen is a magazine for teens, that is probably why the objections

I used to read it in the late 70s/early 80s. It was the magazine when I was in high school that all the girls read and got fashion ideas from. They always avoided real controversy back then.

[Shell Beau]

30. Right! But teens need to know about their body parts as

much as anyone else. It is a learning tool, not promoting good or better sex. It is teaching them about their bodies.

[bridgit]

31. mine didn't come with an owner's manuel either...

:shrug:

[bleedingheart]

32. mine didn't either....