# Who the Hell Even Buys Playgirl, Anyway?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647 "2005-03-21T23:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/61 "2005-03-23T14:53:51Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Heh, \*\*Misnomer, \*\* you’re a true humanitarian, appreciating those hard-earned hard-ons. I do what I can. 😉 > [@Esprix](#): > > I even survived The Year Of No Nudity > [@Rilchiam](#): > > There was a year of no nudity? What prompted that? My reaction, exactly … and what’s the point of _Playgirl_ without nudity? Even flaccid penii would be better than no penii! When was this horrible Year of which **Esprix** speaks? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/62 "2005-03-23T14:57:54Z")
(Why yes, I _am_ aware that “penii” is not an actual word: I’ve always liked it better than “penises” – and “[penes](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=penis&x=15&y=15)” just looks like something else entirely – so I’ve decided that I can use it if I want to. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/63 "2005-03-23T15:53:15Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Intriguing! Must make a study of this. A guy’s gotta be packing a serious length of hose if normal garments reveal his manhood. Denim isn’t terribly stretchy, so I would imagine very tight jeans are just going to produce extreme squashing and be awfully uncomfortable; kind of like the ace-bandage-around-the-bust phenomenon. This fellow wears boxers and easy-fit khakis primarily for practical reasons. If tight jeans come back in style, I will be very comfortably out-of-fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/64 "2005-03-23T16:02:06Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > …what’s the point of _Playgirl_ without nudity?..When was this horrible Year of which **Esprix** speaks? From my first link, back on p.1 of this thread: > [@](#): > > In 1986, Drake Publishers bought _Playgirl_ and relocated to New York. They believed that women didn’t want to see nude men, preferring traditional images of handsome men that they could fantasize about. This romanticized view of women’s sexuality didn’t go over well with the readers, and the change lasted less than a year before the full frontal nudity was back. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/65 "2005-03-23T16:20:04Z")
Could somebody send me **Tuckerfan’s** pic? ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/66 "2005-03-23T16:35:51Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Could somebody send me **Tuckerfan’s** pic? Just make sure it’s not a picture of _Braaaaaaad_ instead. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/67 "2005-03-23T17:11:43Z")
> [@Earthling](#): > > From my first link, back on p.1 of this thread: Thanks! (You had four links in that post, all of which seemed to be merely cites for the numbers you provided, so I didn’t bother clicking any of them. I trust you’ll forgive me for taking your word for it. ;)) In 1986 I wasn’t old enough to buy _Playgirl_. 😃 I turned 15 that year, and was a bit of a late bloomer: I don’t think I even knew that such a magazine existed! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/68 "2005-03-23T19:05:43Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > A guy’s gotta be packing a serious length of hose if normal garments reveal his manhood. Denim isn’t terribly stretchy, so I would imagine very tight jeans are just going to produce extreme squashing and be awfully uncomfortable; kind of like the ace-bandage-around-the-bust phenomenon. This fellow wears boxers and easy-fit khakis primarily for practical reasons. If tight jeans come back in style, I will be very comfortably out-of-fashion. Well, to be honest, I’m looking at general body shape, not what he’s packing. I have had moments looking at fellows in tight jeans, thinking there’s no way that can be what I think it is. Nothing wrong with being comfy, but I maintain that enormous pants just don’t do one justice. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/69 "2005-03-23T21:34:50Z")
I bought a Playgirl once. It had a big picture of Matt Damon on the cover. Playboy cover girl = At least partial nudity to follow that includes pics of said covergirl. Playgirl cover boy = FALSE ADVERTISEMENT not one stinkin’ nudie pic of Matt in the whole thing ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/70 "2005-03-23T23:22:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Incidentally, what do y’all think of women who read Playboy? I think _Playboy_ is an awesome magazine. I really like the articles and the editorials. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/71 "2005-03-24T18:40:04Z")
Lordy, was it really 1986? I’m so dating myself… ☹ Esprix (P.S. I still have all the issues from the years I subscribed.) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/72 "2005-03-24T19:32:28Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > I’m so dating myself… Playgirl can be quite useful when one is dating oneself. I also want **Tuckerfan’s** pic but didn’t want to come off creepy by asking for it. Luckily **gobear** was there to take up the creep factor. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/73 "2005-03-24T19:34:06Z")
Oh, and if you want to see Matt Daomn in all his glory, rent _The Talented Mr Ripley_ which includes as a bonus Jude Law naked. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/74 "2005-03-24T19:34:59Z")
If there are nude pictures going around, send them to me! 😃 I’ve read some Playgirls, but the guys there usually aren’t my type, so there was no incentive to buy them. Plus, I can find nearly anything I want to look at online for free! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/75 "2005-03-24T19:46:27Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > And…no. Jeans and a t-shirt, remember, are a crowd-pleaser. Oh, yeah. [This](http://photobucket.com/albums/v713/Elenia25/?action=view¤t=JulianAlexander.bmp) is what I find way, way hotter than total nudity. And if any of you happen to know that this model is gay, please, there’s no reason to tell me! Don’t spoil my fantasies without just cause. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/76 "2005-03-24T19:51:42Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I also want **Tuckerfan’s** pic but didn’t want to come off creepy by asking for it. Luckily **gobear** was there to take up the creep factor. Equality ain’t creepy. If the gals are getting an eyeful, they should share with the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/77 "2005-03-24T19:58:24Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And if any of you happen to know that this model is gay, please, there’s no reason to tell me! Don’t spoil my fantasies without just cause. Not like you were gonna get to sleep with him anyways… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/78 "2005-03-24T20:13:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And if any of you happen to know that this model is gay, please, there’s no reason to tell me! Don’t spoil my fantasies without just cause. How could any info spoil a fantasy? When I see something I like, he could be an illiterate homosexual Republican slave-owner and it wouldn’t change one thing about how he looks. 😃 One of my very first threads here was about the last _Playgirl_ “[Real Man of the Year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268797),” and of course some folks felt compelled to jokingly point out that he was probably gay. I don’t know why they thought it would matter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/79 "2005-03-24T23:00:44Z")
Lots of people like to read Playboy - actually it’s one of the most competitive writing markets in the country, even more so than many women’s magazines. Playgirl, on the other hand… Well, I’ve actually _written_ for Playgirl - recently, in fact - which may or may not tell you something about the quality of their prose. Fortunately, I’m a new author with them, so I’m not yet responsible for the declining quality of their articles. :o Given a choice, I’d rather read Playboy than Playgirl. The expressions on some of the models’ faces in Playgirl is just hilarious. Somehow the “come-hither” look just doesn’t seem to work as well when it’s on a man’s face versus a woman’s. Don’t know why, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647/80 "2005-03-25T00:12:41Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Not like you were gonna get to sleep with him anyways… Well, no. But sour grapes here - he probably sucks in bed, anyway. > [@Misnomer](#): > > How could any info spoil a fantasy? When I see something I like, he could be an illiterate homosexual Republican slave-owner and it wouldn’t change one thing about how he looks. Very true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-even-buys-playgirl-anyway/295647.md?page=5)