Playboy's Ideology
By arahul
@arahul (41)
India
August 26, 2007 5:02pm CST
Do playboy actually represent a thought process or it is just an instrument of women exploitation ? Although playboy tries to advocate women cause, but playboy publications itself has always sold women's body.
We haven't seen any campaign from playby which tries to remove women misery or instilling confidence in them ?
2 responses
@Fidget (291)
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26 Apr 08
I don't see anything really wrong with magazines such as Playboy. I don't think it's exploitation and I don't think it demeans women. As a female, I had no problem when working in a newsagents that sold these magazines, and I don't feel that the people who purchased them respected my gender any less.
@Butterly (1)
• India
8 Sep 08
I agree with Fidget. Playboy has always been very clear about its standing. When first launched in the 50s, it allowed a conservative post-war period of men in the US to expose themselves and not hide their 'true' selves from the world. Infact rather than objectifyin women, playboy almost places a premium on them where by women become every man's desire and fantasy. A playboy consumer is only fascinated in the same way a chef would be with a glossy cooking magazine. Being a woman,i don't find it deeming (in the least) to my gender to be portrayed as the 'special and unattainable to most'.
