Hugh Heffner died

[Matata]

http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a12500409/hugh-hefner-legacy/

 

[Bonfire]

I remember Gloria Steinem's undercover stint as a *bunny* in the early '60's for her expose for Show Magazine.

 

[AprilBaby]

Dinosaur relic from another age. And his house, the same.

 

[arkieb1]

I've always viewed the young women as impressionable young women many in either economically poor or emotionally poor situations whereby they could be exploited by a rich guy as little more than sex slaves. Sure some did it for fame and argue the exploitation was mutual but there was and is a seedy side of exploiting young women for sex that cannot be overlooked, despite any type of sexual revolution Heff was a part of.

 

[Bonfire]

In the heyday of the Playboy Clubs the bunnies were glamorized by young women who thought this was the image to strive for. Gloria Steinem's article pulled back the curtain on just how strict the requirements were for the perfect measurements and sexual appeal and behavior. The extreme sexism. It contributed to the momentum of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 60's and 70's. Quite the empire he built objectifying women.

 

[kenny]

 

[lyra]

I honestly can't find any uhm, well, I just don't care. Glad it is the end of that era I guess. I hope they bulldoze his house. I bet a lot of young women were traumatized there, whether they signed on for it or not.

 

[Madam Bijoux]

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[azstonie]

Didja hear the one about the version of Playboy magazine for married men?

Same centerfold every month.

Or the Playgirl for married women? Same grouchy old dude every month

 

[kenny]

Or the Playgirl for married women? Same grouchy old dude every month

Story of MY life!

 

[Bonfire]

@kenny,


Sorry to thread jack.

 

[kenny]

Hahahahaha!

 

[luv2sparkle]

I know it is not nice, but I am not sorry to see that one go.

 

[luv2sparkle]

He made a lot of young women think that by exploiting them, he was somehow doing them a favor, and men think that they could not be happy unless they lived his kind of lifestyle which was about getting and sleeping with as man women as possible and never really committing to any.