‘Secrets Of Playboy,’ Hugh Hefner And The False Promise Of Sexual Empowerment

‘Secrets Of Playboy,’ Hugh Hefner And The False Promise Of Sexual Empowerment By Candice Frederick

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The new A&E docuseries begs the question: Are today’s women any more sexually free than they were when Playboy started?

Feb 14, 2022
By Candice Frederick

…Hefner would most certainly be “canceled” in 2022 on account of his blatant misogyny, and “Secrets of Playboy” asks us to grapple with the notion that someone like him would appeal to everyday women desiring sexual agency in 1953 when the soft porn men’s magazine launched.

As Los Angeles Times TV critic Lorraine Ali put it, “Exactly no one will be surprised to discover that the late Hugh Hefner used and traded young women like commodities and that his mythology of Playboy as a progressive outgrowth of the sexual revolution and a bold expression of feminism was largely a charade.”

Playboy Bunnies Blast ‘Predator’ Hugh Hefner’s Bestiality, ‘Cult’ Sex and Worse by Anna Grace

Playboy Bunnies Blast ‘Predator’ Hugh Hefner’s Bestiality, ‘Cult’ Sex and Worse

I’ve never comprehended how third-wave feminists and beyond can defend porn or try to depict it as being good or empowering for women – it’s never been either.

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January 24, 2022
by Asia Grace

When bedding buxom bunnies became too boring for Playboy baron Hugh Hefner, he allegedly moved on to dogs.

Hef’s purported penchant for bestiality is just one of the explosive claims made in the forthcoming A&E documentary “Secrets of Playboy,” out Monday.

The damning 10-part series unmasks the once-heralded late mogul — who, until now, has been revered as a god-like stud, slinking around his estate in silk pajamas and a smoking jacket — to reveal the ugly truth about the man who built his sex empire on the backs of vulnerable women.