There were pinups and calendars in offices, garages, and barracks long before Hefner and Playboy came along.
And yes, with racier pics than this that can't be posted here.
Pre 1953 America wasn't nearly as innocent as you believe
I would question that. How many had to sleep with Heff to become a playmate?
How many were made to do other things at the playboy parties?
How many became hooked on drugs?
We must look at the impact of Playboy in the porn industry. It legitimized porn and brought it into the mainstream of America.
It lead to other publications like Penthouse, Hustler, etc each taking porn to another level.
Again, all of this brought porn into the mainstream.
The porn industry in America does have a good number of young women seduced by the lure of "easy money".
No...Playboy was not good for America.
There were pinups and calendars in offices, garages, and barracks long before Hefner and Playboy came along.
And yes, with racier pics than this that can't be posted here.
Pre 1953 America wasn't nearly as innocent as you believe
[I would question that. How many had to sleep with Heff to become a playmate?
How many were made to do other things at the playboy parties?
How many became hooked on drugs?]
Again, these were all choices the women themselves made.
If they wanted to be a Playmate so bad, they knew the cost, and chose to pay it. Same with parties.
Using sex to get ahead is not/was not unique to just Playboy, nor was it a result. It happened well before Playboy existed.
Playboy was the ultimate freedom of choice.
If you didn’t like it, no one forced you to buy it.
But don’t force your own morality and negative views on those who choose to.