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Posted on 09/28/2017 3:40:24 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Search Menu 0 Comments 2.4K Current Events How Hugh Hefner Hijacked Men’s Brains Joe Carter / September 28, 2017 “Would Playboy sell so well if it didn't have naked women in it?”
That was a question included in FAQ section of Playboy magazine’s website about a decade ago. Their answer: “Probably not. We'll never know.”
Never came sooner than expected. In 2016 the print edition of Playboy tried an experiment: the magazine would still feature women in provocative poses, but they would no longer be fully nude. This year Playboy returned to publishing nudity. It turns out nobody was reading it just for the articles.
While the experiment was short-lived, it still came as a shock. If you were to travel back in time to mid-1970s—when Playboy reached its pinnacle of circulation at 5.6 million—and told people the magazine was forgoing nudity, the assumption would be that that the anti-pornography faction must have finally won. But just the opposite happened. As Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive, said at the time, “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”
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It's a good thing I never studied ancient Rome.
But they only ate the articles...
LOL
We had Playboy centerfolds hanging around the boathouse in Danang. They were gorgeous and brightened the day. That’s what we were fighting for. You dried up prunes can gfy.
There’s a difference between “named women” and pornography. Sheesh.
Just like there’s a difference between making love and the whole menu of fugliness from A to Z, starting with aggravations of Anal and ending with variations of Zoo.
Named= naked
I hate auto-correct.
“They were gorgeous and brightened the day. That’s what we were fighting for. You dried up prunes can gfy.”
LOL, how do you REALLy feel about it? No need to hold back!
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It sure stimulated my 13-15 year old mind. Still remember a few of the jokes....but none of the photo “bunnies”.
For the fans of the Christmas Story movie, be aware that most of the stories on which that movie was based were originally published in Playboy.
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