7 Things I Learned About Men From Working at Maxim

By The Frisky posted Mar 31st 2009 9:20AM

The female take on lessons learned from a lad mag.

Earlier today we posted an article from YourTango, written by former Maxim editor, Keith Blanchard, about the nine things he learned about women from working at the magazine. Well, I also worked at Maxim, and learned a few things too—about men, that is. Most of my lessons were gained from working with a predominantly male staff—in the editorial department, I was one of just two or three females over the course of two-and-a-half years. Here are seven things that have stayed with me…

1. They are ALL nerds.
When I first went to work at Maxim, I was nervous. I was convinced the staff would be a crew of former frat boys who would make sexist remarks and never respect me. And while that was certainly true of a few (you know who you are!), what I found was that most of the guys behind all that frat boy humor and fart jokes, were intelligent, goofy, often badly dressed nerds. My favorite kind of people! They liked Star Trek reruns, Backstreet Boy ballads, Lonesome Dove, and reality TV. They were like me, only with penises!

2. They don't kiss and tell nearly as much as women do.
One of the fellows I worked with – to protect his privacy, I will just call him "The Velvet Wolf" – was quite the ladies man. He fit better than anyone else at the magazine the stereotype of the sporty, womanizing jock. He was always dating and presumably always hooking up, but never once, despite the efforts of everyone at our cubicle (especially myself) to find out the juicy details of his escapades, he never gave them up. The same discretion cannot be said for anyone at The Frisky. Did I mention I totally got laid this weekend? Schwing!

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