On Tuesday, Walmart spokesmen announced they will be removing issues of Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout lines from here on out. The magazine will still be sold elsewhere in stores, but many people see this as the company buckling under the pressure of prominent advocacy organizations — namely, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which has compared the magazine to porn and says it contributes to our societal undervaluing of girls and women.

Executive Director Dawn Hawkins said, “Women, men, and children are bombarded daily with sexually objectifying and explicit materials, not only online, but in the checkout line at the store.”