Playboy and the (Homo) Sexual Revolution

savethemales.ca ^ | 3 June 2003 | Henry Makow Ph.D.

[Lorianne]

He is fastidious about his appearance, his home and his possessions. He wants as much sex as possible and chooses sexual partners mostly on the basis of appearance. He is self-absorbed and doesn't want emotional involvement or commitment. He thinks a woman would stifle him and children would be a burden.

Does this sound like many gays? It is also the masculine ideal purveyed by Playboy magazine to men since the 1950's.

The essence of manhood is to lead and support a family. But in 1972, 3 out of 4 male college students got their ideas about masculinity from Playboy, at an incalculable price to themselves, women, children and society.

The similarity between the Playboy and homosexual ideal is no coincidence. "The Kinsey Report" (1948) shaped current mainstream attitudes to sex. It championed unfettered sexual expression and became the manifesto of the counterculture. It inspired Hugh Hefner to start Playboy in 1953.

[Lorianne]

Well for once he is not railing against "evil feminists". Nice change of pace Henry.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

He wants as much sex as possible and chooses sexual partners mostly on the basis of appearance. He is self-absorbed and doesn't want emotional involvement or commitment.

These men also tend to be predatory and liars. It takes experience and maturity to recognize them but those are painfully developed qualities. I wish these guys were the exception rather than the rule. (yes, yes, I know there are equally predatory women out there)

[Dimensio]

He is fastidious about his appearance, his home and his possessions. He wants as much sex as possible and chooses sexual partners mostly on the basis of appearance. He is self-absorbed and doesn't want emotional involvement or commitment. He thinks a woman would stifle him and children would be a burden.

Does this sound like many gays?

Actually, I don't know a lot of gay men like this. Most of the ones I know concentrate on their appearance only slightly more than heterosexuals, don't seem any different than heterosexuals regarding their homes and posessions, they're no more self-absorbed than my heterosexual acquantiences, they don't seek sex as much as possible (with some exceptions, just the same with my heterosexual acquantiences), and they don't think that women would be a "burden" -- they're just not attracted to women.

[Dan from Michigan]

All I can think of with Playboy is the movie Beverly Hills Cop II when Axel Foley chases the bad guys to the mansion and they all get tossed out.

"Everybody! Party's over. Max "fouled" it up for everybody so let's just go home".

[joesnuffy]

Though sodomite's and normal people's parades seem to differ a bit...

[BlackElk]

joesnuffy is a master of understatement. High fives!

[Pukin Dog]

I should have known it was you posting this drivel.

We are PROGRAMED to appreciate a woman's apperance, it does not make one self absorbed to prefer a healthy, pretty, woman, because it implies fertility.

The essence of manhood (real, not imposed by society) is to spread our seed as far and wide as possible. It takes a lot of cultural training to stifle that urge in men. Finally; taking pride in one's apperance is not a sign of a gay man. In the military culture that I am from, it is a sign of respect for others and one's self.

Women can blame men's new reluctance on marriage on Feminism and the cultural impact it has had on the Court system in America.

I know from your many anti-male posts that you probably will not agree, but facts are facts.

[Bigg Red]

Interesting comparison. Rings true.

[Dimensio]

Well, that's another thing. I don't know any gay people who have marched in parades of any kind.

[Servant of the Nine]

He wants as much sex as possible and chooses sexual partners mostly on the basis of appearance. He is self-absorbed and doesn't want emotional involvement or commitment. He thinks a woman would stifle him and children would be a burden.

Does this sound like many gays? It is also the masculine ideal purveyed by Playboy magazine to men since the 1950's.

Oh, Crap.
It sounds like every mans ideal from the beginning of time until we all had to play "Alan Alda" sensitive in the '70s.
Heffner just happened to be the one who created a magazine to cash in on it, he invented nothing else.

So9

[Randjuke]

Wouldn't men have to actually have read the articles in order to pick up these "ideals"?

[dogbyte12]

No joke. Yesterday, I found out that somebody does read Playboy for just the articles. Somebody yesterday dumped a jacket and a Playboy in my trash can in front of my house.

I only knew it was Playboy, because the only printed text was the word Playboy and the bunny symbol, and the rest of the pages were white, and in braille. I don't know why somebody decided to dump their braille copies of playboy in my trash can, but there ya go. I almost wish I could read braille so I could figure out what is in there.

I.E... Debbie is 24, likes poetry, and you can't see her.

[longtermmemmory]

the playboy empire abandoned men long ago. It is not about the "philosophy" espoused by hef. Its a PC wonderland for women. Its like beauty pagents which are reduced to "scholarship" competitions. NO THANKS. (not even the Man show is manly)

[gcruse]

But in 1972, 3 out of 4 male college students got
 their ideas about masculinity from Playboy, at an
 incalculable price to themselves, women, children and society.

Oh, BS.  I may have got my fantasies from Playboy,
but reality and the luck of the draw are what you get
in real life.  This bit of blaming everyone else for
individual choice is just a immature step away from
blaming our parents for all of our flaws.  Grow up.

[Lorianne]

heh, heh. That's funny.

[wafflehouse]

LOL

[Lorianne]

I agree this is drivel. All of the good professor's rantings that I've read are. That is my point in posting it.

You are jumping to conclusions not in evidence.

[Pukin Dog]

Then I stand corrected. This time.

[disclaimer]

Well for once he is not railing against "evil feminists". Nice change of pace Henry.

"evil feminists" - everyone knows they're evil. For varity, how'bout "Foul Feminists" or "Frightful Feminists", or "Lorianne" - now that's scary.

[MattAMiller]

How many gay men read Playboy?