A new study comparing quotes from men's magazines with quotes from convicted rapists has sparked an uproar.

No, Men's Magazines Aren't Written by 'Rapists' - Dec 13, 2011 The Daily Beast

Writer Melissa Petro says to give the guys a break—women are writing and editing these magazines too.

A new study has the blogosphere buzzing about men’s magazines and the way they treat women in their pages. Jezebel asks, “Can You Tell the Difference Between a Men’s Magazine and a Rapist?” The Huffington Post has a similarly scandalous take.

According to the study, conducted by the University of Surrey and Middlesex College in England, men’s magazines are so degrading toward women that participants in the study couldn’t tell the difference between quotes taken from articles in British men’s magazines and direct quotes from convicted rapists. The full study will be published in the British Journal of Psychology.

But before we start to go nuts on men and their magazines, let’s have a reality check.

The truth is, women are involved in all aspects of the production of men’s magazines. In New York, the magazine-publishing capital, more than a dozen full-time positions at GQ are filled by women, including a senior articles editor, director of photography, and production director. Esquire employs a female editorial director, a female editorial-projects director, a female photo editor, two copy editors who are women, and two female contributing editors. Men’s Health has a senior managing editor named Debbie, and six other positions are held by chicks.

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