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"Unfollowing!"—Cosmopolitan Tried To Glamorize Cheating, But Their Readers Weren't Having It

Cosmopolitan Magazine recently faced swift and scathing backlash after sharing a story about a woman boasting about cheating with a man in a hotel gym while his girlfriend was just outside. This isn't the first time Cosmo and other women's magazines have tried to glamorize infidelity.

By Camille Lowe2 min read
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Cosmo's Instagram caption for the story read: "I hooked up with a hot guy in a hotel gym...while his girlfriend was outside. We’d turned this exercise room into a sex-ercise room, and he’d more than put his reps in.”