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Former Playgirl Editor Schools Fox News On What Women Want
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Thu Nov 12
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11/20/08
They have a lot of funny people on the show from time to time. Of course I never ever stay up late enough to watch it, but the old stoner devilchyld used to enjoy this show a shit ton.
I think she handled herself well, and I agree with everyone else he came off a tool. But, that's pretty typical of him.
11/19/08
It makes sense, business-model wise, for PlayGirl to cater a bit to gay men--and not because women aren't visually stimulated, but because men aren't quite so ashamed of their porn habits as women are. I mean, I'm getting over it but I do feel a little embarassed when I go onto Playgirl.com.
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Women don't get visually stimulated. Yeah. Keep telling yourselves that, guys.
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Also, one time an anthropology professor asked the class, "Are women less visual, or are we just given less to look at?" Great point.
11/19/08
Calling Playgirl "gay" sounds like a lot of anti-feminism sour grapes (so what if the guys did, whatever stokes their furnace). I'd bet a lot of lesbians have (and still do) enjoyed Playboy over the years, but you don't hear of it being tarred with the same brush - heh, that might make it even hawter for the guys. Bah, male double standards.
I think it would be very cool if PlayGirl is going by the wayside because "women don't need it anymore". Can the same be said of Playboy?
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11/19/08
i'm bi-sexual, but I can't stand balls - hideous hideous hideous
nasty shit indeed.
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As for Playgirl, I've always found it a bit patronizing.
11/20/08
I can think of another sh-word. With his personality, he should be selling cars.
Oh yeah, I guess he'd have to actually work to do that these days.
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11/19/08
also even if that's because it's more for gay men... there are lots of misogynistic gender tropes being played with in gaytown too.
11/19/08
11/19/08
i'll weigh in as a woman who isn't automatically horny just by viewing a picture of a naked man. i'll make an immediate judgement as to whether or not i think the guy's attractive, but that doesn't automatically translate into horniness. in fact it never has for me. i look at attractive men the way i look at other attractive sights~~ flowers, shoes, trees, cars, anything. i don't personalize it into some fetish for myself. i'm a designer so i'm always "looking" at basically everything, but it isn't driven by sexuality. and doesn't convert into horniness.
more than anything, i just don't get automatic sexual objectification. anything that smacks of a mindless knee-jerk reaction, i tend to not be attracted to that.
11/19/08
11/19/08
God, that guy pisses me off.