The
      Panther
      Prints
      February
      13,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      21
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Playboy
      --
      Entertainment
      forMen:
      A
      Womans
      Perspective
     
    
   
   
    
     
      D.
      Murray
     
    
   
   
    
     
      My
      boyfriend
      is
      a
     
     
      regular
      reader
      of
     
     
      Playboy
      Magazine.
     
     
      Initiative.
      this
     
     
      disturbed
      me;
      I
     
     
      associated
      such
      reading
     
     
      with
      sleazy
      men
      in
     
     
      trenchcoats
      who
      exposed
     
     
      themselves
      to
      passerby.
     
     
      One
      day,
      I
      decided
      the
     
     
      only
      way
      to
      find
      out
      the
     
     
      truth
      was
      to
      check
      out
     
     
      the
      magazine
      myself.
     
    

    
     
      The
      oft
      heard
      cliche
     
     
      is.)
      3"
      Only
      buy.
      it
      for
     
     
      the
      articles.’’
      Yeah
     
     
      right!
      We
      all
      know
      it
     
     
      is
      only
      the
      pictures
      men
     
     
      want,
      don’t
      we?
     
    

    
     
      Well,
      out
      of
      an
     
     
      average
      magazine
      of
      165
     
     
      pages,
      there
      were
      only
     
     
      10
      to
      15
      pages
      dedicated
     
     
      toc
      pravmates
      "4.3.
     
     
      will
      admit,
      these
      women
     
     
      are
      exactly
      what
      you
     
     
      expect
      --
      namely,
      naked.
     
     
      Ttwish
      true
      thatthe
     
     
      photos
      are
      graphic,
      but
     
     
      I
      do
      not
      think
      they
      are
     
     
      degrading
      or
      repulsive.
     
     
      In
      fact;
      ‘the’
      most
     
     
      degrading
      part
      would
      be
     
     
      the
      centre-fold.
      I
      am
     
     
      not
      referring
      to
      the
     
     
      picture
      itself,
      I
      am
     
     
      referring
      to.the.‘‘bio-
     
     
      sheet’’
      that
      Ms.
      Bunny
     
     
      Supposedly
      submitted
      to
     
     
      the
      magazine.
      These
     
     
      bios
      are
      ridiculous.
      If
     
     
      you
      look
      at
      a
      sample,
     
     
      you
      will
      notice
      that
      all
     
     
      the
      women
      have
      the
      same
     
     
      Cliches
      for
      turn-on’s
     
     
      (roaring
      fires,
     
     
      sensitive
      men,
      blah,
     
     
      blah,
      blah.)
      Her
     
     
      ambitions
      are
      straight
     
     
      out
      of
      the
      Miss
      America
     
     
      pageant.
      World
      peace,
     
     
      Saving
      the
      rainforest,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      getting
      married
      (2.5
     
     
      kids;
      dag;
      t-
      cat;
      1
     
     
      sexually
      satisfied
      man.)
     
     
      Even
      the
      handwriting
      is
     
     
      that
      loopy,
      flouncy
     
     
      style
      with
      hearts
     
     
      dotting
      every
      ‘‘i.’’
     
    

    
     
      The
      remainder
      of
      the
     
     
      Magazine
      is
      basically
     
     
      the
      male
      version
      of
     
     
      7
      (COSMO.
      2
      2bt
      has.
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      standard
      features
      of
      any
     
     
      magazine
      -
      interviews
     
     
      with
      celebrities,
     
     
      fashion
      updates,
      and
     
     
      entertainment
      reviews.
     
     
      There
      are
      many
      political
     
     
      commentaries,
      short
     
     
      fict.on,
      cand.
      1
     
     
      particular
      like
      the
     
     
      opposing
      columns
      ‘’Men’’
     
     
      by
      Asa
      Barber
      and
     
     
      ‘’Women’’
      by
      Cynthia
     
     
      Heinel.
      These
     
     
      columnists
      comment
      on
     
     
      everything
      from
      PMS,
      to
     
     
      censorship,
      to
      Superbowl
     
     
      Sunday.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      great
     
     
      feature
      is
      the
      ‘’’Playboy
     
     
      Advisor’’.
      This
      advice
     
     
      column
      claims
      to
      answer
     
     
      ‘‘questions
      from
     
     
      fashion,
      food
      and
      drink,
     
     
      stereos
      and
      sports
      cars,
     
     
      to
      dating
      problems,
      task
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      etiquette.’’
      The
     
     
      majority
      of
      queries
      are
     
     
      sexual
      but
      others
     
     
      discuss
      the
      premium
      age
     
     
      for
      whisky
      and
      how
      to
     
     
      repair
      scratched
      cd’s!
     
     
      Anyone
      who
      has
      read
     
     
      advice
      columns
      from
     
    

    
     
      EP
      OOS
      TNC
      ie
      CR
      At):
      Tie
      hat
     
     
      magazines
      will
      find
     
     
      nothing
      unusual.
      In
     
     
      fact..it.is
      all:
      pather
     
    
   
   
    
     
      unshocking.
     
     
      Throughout
     
     
      ‘‘Playboy’’
      I’
      found:
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sex
      is
      treated
      maturely
     
     
      and
      humorously.
      This
     
     
      magazine
      has
      always
      been
     
     
      the
      trend-setter
      in
      mens
     
    
   
   
    
     
      magazines
      since
      its
     
     
      beginnings
      in
      the
     
     
      LISO4s.,
     
    

    
     
      One
      you
      get
      past
     
     
      those
      10
      to
      15
      pages
      and
     
     
      the
      stigma
      of
      reading
     
     
      ‘Poor.
      *
      vou
      might
      «find
     
     
      that
      you
      are
      enjoying
     
     
      the
      magazine.
      There
      is
     
     
      undoubtably
      a
      lot
      of
     
     
      sleeze
      out
      there,
      but
      I
     
     
      would
      not
      call
      Playboy
     
     
      porn.
      It
      is
      a
      sexual
     
     
      magazine,
      which
      consists
     
     
      of
      more
      than
      ‘‘dirty
     
     
      pictures
      7:44).
      My
     
     
      boyfriend
      continues
      to
     
     
      read
      Playboy,
      the
     
     
      difference
      is,
      now
      I
     
     
      read
      it
      with
      him.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      JR
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