Interestingly enough,
Oscar Wilde is often given a fair bit of credit for inventing much of the original form of the
women's magazine. I've often wondered to what degree these magazines are devices of self-flagellation and punitive fantasy for women and to what degree they serve a similar purpose for at least some gay/bi/trans men.
Mind you, women's magazines were very different in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, but many of the staples of the genre (pointed out in previous write-ups) were as fundamental in Wilde's day as they are today.