[Dilbert San Diego]

He’s sort of a “Godfather”, if you will, of the sexual revolution.

That’s a big legacy of his.

is it a good legacy, good for society, a positive legacy?

Was it good that, at its peak, about 7 million magazines a month were sold, in those pre-internet days? Was it good that he encouraged young men to look at women as disposable objects of desire? Was it good that he encouraged young men to look at the opposite sex as playmates and play things?

How many men tried to emulate him? Of course few could afford a mansion full of live in girlfriends, but how many took the playboy philosophy to heart, at a great cost to the women in their lives?

What positive legacy, if any, did he leave behind?

[SamAdams76]

I was growing up during the 1970s and magazines like Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler were very controversial. As boys, we found ways to "collect" them, usually by rifling through curbside trash on pickup day. I also managed to build a pretty impressive book collection in this manner. I loved reading books and grabbed any book I could get my hands on. In those days before eBay and book donation dumpsters, people just tossed perfectly good books right into the garbage along with stacks of magazines.

Anyway, I never really got into the pornography. I found a lot of it disgusting. Some of my friends however seemed to get really obsessed over it. Even as a boy, I sensed that it was not a healthy thing.

[Yaelle]

I’m not reading the eulogies of Hefner. Are they really crediting him with ANYTHING good?

I’d been invited to his mansion but never wanted to go for one second. It doesn’t sound like a fun place for women. Even women who love men. I spent about 3 minutes once in one of the clubs known to be a meatmarket and hated that hungry eyed look from a thousand eyes on me. How is that fun? It’s not.

And thinking about how he condoned and allowed Cosby to drug and rape women in his house, HOW MANY OTHER GUYS were helped to abuse women and underage girls? What good did he bring to this world that counteracted that?