An All-American Pastime--"Hef"
Warning: this article deals with issues that are inflammatory. Also, I shall try to present both sides of the equation bad and good. There are aLOT of ‘tell all’ books, and former employees who don’t say good things about their experience at Playboy. I shall try to include these as well as the more positive side of Playboy and Hugh Hefner. This post also contains erotic pictures, so don’t go any further if you don’t like that sort of thing! So, who was this man--a feminist pariah? A champion for civil rights? A man who wished to do his part in banishing Puritan sexual attitudes? A man who made sexual objects of both men and women? Yes, certainly. He was born in 1926, the child of staunchly Methodist parents. He had one younger brother (who would later join him in his publishing endeavors). Hefner described his childhood as one devoid of public displays of affection from his parents. Sex should never be discussed openly; ...