What is wrong with this picture?

Occasionally I have the urge to read New Scientist. It's interesting, if you like that sort of thing, and I do.

My first question is this - How many Health and Safety issues do you think that Corin identified with the workplace scenario in the picture? How many additional stupid errors do you think I noticed as well? (10 marks)

So, my second question to blipland is this:
Did you know that New Scientist is apparently gender specific?
What's that? Did I hear you ask "How is that so, Sarah. Please explain."?
Oh, OK, I WILL.

Warning...a semi-rant is about to start

I went to purchase the magazine from my local supermarket yesterday afternoon. Regular followers will know how much I am filled with joy everytime I visit there.
The magazine aisle is divided into two distinct sections
1. Women's interests - which takes up two thirds of the aisle
2. Men's interests - which obviously makes up the remainder. You get 1 mark if you can tell me what fraction of the aisle is taken up by 'men's interests'!

So, for a start off, there is no 'general interests' section which might apply to both genders. Based upon the gender based interest split it would appear that

All women are interested in (in rank order)
1. Celebrity Gossip
2. Fashion
3. Dieting
4. Hairstyles
5. Wedding planning
6. Television schedules
7. Needlework/tapestry/sewing
8. Cookery / Baking
9. Childrens' TV programmes
10. Country life (particularly in Lancashire and Cheshire)

All that's missing is fluffy kittens and maybe a magazine with a specific focus on ironing and cleaning.

All men are interested in (no rank order - they seem to be of equal important)
Women, Cars, Women, Motorbikes, Women, Computer Games, Women, Health/Fitness (including bodybuilding), Women, Humour (Viz, Private Eye), Women, Music, Women, Science and Technology.

Did I mention that men seem to like to read about women - NOT MY OBSERVATION OF MEN but based upon the organisation of the shelf space? Of course by read, I mean look adoringly at their wondrously airbrushed bazungas in printed form.

I had to fight my way through multitudinous copies of FHM and other such magazines to find the solitary copy of New Scientist, sat forlornly at the back of the very bottom shelf.

So, supermarket - you might try to stereotype, but I refuse to be put in a box according to gender. I WILL read New Scientist, and sometimes The Economist, and possibly Private Eye. I refuse to purchase gossip magazines and beauty/fashion magazines with their ridiculously airbrushed images. I am rebelling against your shelf organisation. So THERE!

Been to the Doctor's. Saw MY Doc not the imposter from last time. She is fab. She thinks what I think - blood tests tomorrow and results next week. Getting closer to knowing for certain and then being able to take some action.

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