Vintage Men’s Magazine Covers

A few examples of what men’s magazines were like before Playboy and Penthouse came along. “A curiosity of the 1950s was a number of American men’s lifestyle digests that...combined all the elements of the era’s men’s magazines, including sports, pin-ups, scandal, men’s adventure, detective stories, human oddities and slapstick photo stories in a pocket-sized package costing less than a quarter.” These little men’s magazines are smaller than the digest-size pre-World War II pulps.They measure about 4 1/4" by 5 3/4" in size and can literally fit in your pocket. Most of them such as Brief. (Hanson, 2004) 

MEN'S MAGAZINE COVER OF TODAY:

Today's man is totally different from the 50s man. Its very interesting to know that in this era, men are all rounder i.e fashion conscious, health conscious, body size aware and even groomy. Although this traits have been for all times, its has just been recessive. Masculinity is in different categories e.g heterosexual, new man, metrosexual and the lad... Which one  does your man fall into and as a man where do you fall???????????