Penthouse Exec Says All Men Are the Same

ABC News ^ | 08/19/03 | Associated Press

[bedolido]

Penthouse Publisher Guccione Says Men Are Basically the Same, Only Sex Lives Vary Depending on Country All men are basically the same, according to Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione only their sex lives vary depending on the country they're from.

"The British are reserved, the French are arrogant, the Italians are lovers, and the Germans like to spank each other," Guccione tells Details magazine for its September issue. "Sex will always be the dominant factor in any man's life whether he realizes it or not. It's what motivates him to buy the car he drives, the house he lives in, and the clothes and jewelry he wears."

But even Guccione's expertise couldn't have helped him predict the proliferation of pornography that has caused a drop in Penthouse's circulation. The magazine filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.

"Today, there are triple-X videos, adult channels, and pay-per-view films; there are strip clubs, phone sex, and most of all, Internet sites that have no restrictions," the 72-year-old said. "Attractive women are flooding the porn market in a way that surprises even me."

[shadowman99]

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[Semper Paratus]

35 years in the soft-porn business and that's his biggest insight?

[Frank_Discussion]

Of course, he has asked all his friends and business associates, and they all agree, right? The lack of depth to this argument is both fascinating and nauseating.

[ffusco]

Remember when Hefner and Guccione had the nude Madonna's on the cover in 1986?

Great minds ; )

[ffusco]

Men a re pre-ocuppied with sex.

Brilliant!

[Spok]

Nothing more than a pimp with an office. An old pimp, at that.

[Hodar]

Yeah, baby ... Yeah!!

[najida]

Jeff Foxworthy said it best....

Ask any man what he is thinkin' about and it will be....

"I wanna beer and I wanna see sumthin' nekkid."

[spodefly]

"Sex will always be the dominant factor in any man's life whether he realizes it or not. It's what motivates him to buy the car he drives, the house he lives in, and the clothes and jewelry he wears."

My car is a beat-up old Jeep. My house (condo) is tiny and ruled by 2 cats. My clothes are from Wal-Mart. I wear NO Jewelry.

Is this why I am not getting any sex?

Thanks for the insights, Bob.

[freebilly]

Arrogant sex? What's that?

[A Simple Soldier]

Why isn't this in Breaking News?????

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Germans like to spank each other ?

[Gritty]

"Sex will always be the dominant factor in any man's life whether he realizes it or not...

If sex is the "dominant" factor in any man's life, where do the motivations of "suicide bombers" fit in?

[whereasandsoforth]

There's nothing like a whack on the crack before the sack.

[najida]

If sex is the "dominant" factor in any man's life, where do the motivations of "suicide bombers" fit in?

Seems 72 virgins are very motivating.

[bedolido]

If sex is the "dominant" factor in any man's life, where do the motivations of "suicide bombers" fit in?

Seems 72 virgins are very motivating.

What if he's gay? does he get 72... ewwwwwww!!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They probably like a band to play, too.

[Scenic Sounds]

35 years in the soft-porn business and that's his biggest insight?

This appears to be only a corporate bankruptcy. His personal insights are probably safe from creditors.

[Question_Assumptions]

The magazine filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.

And we are supposed to trust his advice? If he really knew what men wanted, he'd be able to keep his magazine afloat. There are a ton of men's magazines out there that are doing just fine so I think other publishers have a much better grasp of what men want than he does.

[mikeb704]

I wear NO Jewelry.

Real men don't wear jewelry, do they?

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Arrogant sex? What's that?

When you shout out your own name?

[PISANO]

Arrogant sex?

Ask Clintoon our X42 crimedog.

[freebilly]

Coulter dated Guccione Jr., publisher of SPIN magazine. Son of Penthouse publisher....

[Donna Rumsfeld]

Arrogant sex? What's that?
When you shout out your own name?

Possibly masturbation?

[ffusco]

Guccione knows what men want, just not how to provide it to the marketplace flooded with free net porn. Penthouse was the edgier Playboy.
Playboy publishing also has seen empire crumble. The casinos are all gone, Heff a aging legend and Playboy magazine's is no longer hip.

I for one will never buy porn again!

[ffusco]

A Rolex Submariner is my "jewelry."

[ffusco]

Masturbation isn't arrogant. It's preventative maintainance.

[N. Theknow]

Arrogant sex? What's that?

It's for married couples that when they see each other say "f..." you.

[small_l_libertarian]

My car is a beat-up old Jeep. My house (condo) is tiny and ruled by 2 cats. My clothes are from Wal-Mart. I wear NO Jewelry.

Is this why I am not getting any sex?

Thanks for the insights,

Bob

Dear Bob,

No, the reason why you are not getting any sex is because you are sitting at your computer FReeping when you could be out scoring luscious young things.

No charge for the advice.

small_l

[TRY ONE]

"There's nothing like a whack on the crack before the sack."

Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

It's got something to do with the cats.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Looks like Bob is quite the babe-magnet, and can catch flies on his tongue.

[bedolido]

Hey... don't insult the frog...

[spodefly]

It's got something to do with the cats.

No way. My cats are the sexiest things you ever saw.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

"My cats are the sexiest things you ever saw."

Like I said, it may be the cats.

[spodefly]

Like I said, it may be the cats.

I would blame my flabby gut and geekiness before I would blame the cats.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Ok, you win. It's your flabby gut and geekiness. :)

[Question_Assumptions]

My point is that a lot of men seem to want men's magazines that have cheesecake but aren't porn. Magazines like Maxim seem to be doing pretty well. But Penthouse is stuck with the idea that men want more explicit pictures of women and it is failing. In other words, men want a lot of things and suggesting that explicit pictures explains what men wants leaves on blind to a lot of other things that men want that a lot of other publishers seem to be having no problems having success with.

[GrandMoM]

There's....well.....just let me think for a minute, I'll come up with something.

....we're waiting...tic...tic...tic

[GrandMoM]

babe-magnet???????????....even I wouldn't go out for coffee with him!!!!!!!!!

[ffusco]

True enough, the Playboy/Penthouse mags were once the arbiters of style, that have lost huge to the likes of Maxim, Spy and Details.

[Cooter]

Guccione said it himself. Why pay for the explicit stuff in his magazine when it is freely available on the net? His business model must change.