Honestly, I don’t think it was specifically the imagery of nude women that was so corrupting. I believe it was the overall selling and promotion of a degenerate, self-absorbed lifestyle/worldview. Nekkid gals was mostly the come-on, the gateway.
“Honestly, I don’t think it was specifically the imagery of nude women that was so corrupting. I believe it was the overall selling and promotion of a degenerate, self-absorbed lifestyle/worldview. Nekkid gals was mostly the come-on, the gateway.”
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Interesting perspective. It’s true that Hefner was promoting more than provocative images.
Below is a link to an interview of Hefner by William F. Buckley Jr. regarding the “Playboy Philosophy”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHlZxL9sucg
“degenerate, self-absorbed lifestyle/worldview”
Odd you say that since he was selling the “gentleman’s club” scene versus just outright orgies like others were selling.