[Economist_MA]

hidden subliminal stimuli

In my time, the stimuli could be folded out from the middle of the magazine. Do they hide them these days?

[babylonian]

No, the subliminals have always been there. Some of the "women" on Playboy's cover, are men who have been airbrushed over to appear as women.

The Playboy logo, the bunny head with two big ears, is used as castration symbolism throughout the magazine. The logo is a "father" symbol, used on the cover to give "permission" to the immature little reader to peek insode, and indulge. Hefner has played a little game all these years with that logo. It always appears twice on each cover, one you can easily see, the other is woven into the layout, or "hidden". It is always used as castration symbolism. The inside of the mag is loaded as well, from the bunny pics, to the advertising.

[babylonian]

BTW, Warner Brothers used to use Bugs Bunny as a castration symbol, because of the big ears. Think of those two big bunny ears for a moment.....what could those big ears possibly be a symbol for? I can only think of two things: "V" for victory (which doesn't seem to apply), and scissors! (Which DOES apply!) If you can think of any other symbol, let me hear about it!

Bugs Bunny always tops his adversaries in some way. He's a smart-assed character who always gets the best of someone. Remember the Bugs cartoon where he runs about with a pair of scissors clipping off men's neckties? Voila!