Today, as with every other workday, I was on the train in D.C. Normally I’m reading a book, but this morning I brought with me an issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Now, for those not familiar with pro wrestling, there are a lot of men and not many women. I mean, after all, it’s wrestling. 
Which means there are plenty of photos of men in wrestling attire. LOTS of photos.
In olden times, I’d look at these photos for the gore factor, as a lot of the wrestlers would wind up bloodied and unbowed. Neato! Not so much anymore, though.
So here I am, paging through the issue, and the thought struck me: What if someone glanced over and assumed I was looking at photos of naked men? Okay, so maybe from the unenlightened crowd I’d get some disapproving glances, but most people would probably relax once they saw it was a wrestling magazine.
From that thought came this - and thus the reason for the thread title - what if I were actually looking at pictures of naked men? Or, in my case, what if it were photos of naked women?
If it were a really raunchy magazine like Club, I think I’d be perfectly embarrassed to be reading it in public. Perfectly.
But Playboy’s not quite that bad. Yep, has naked chicks in it. Has a LOT of great articles, too, though. Truth is, the articles can often be better than the photos.
So what if I were reading Playboy? Would anything beyond “disapproving glances” result? That is, could someone actually complain to the proper authorities that I was reading it in public?
Just something that’s been bugging me.
