July 6, 2022

Beefcakes and Bulges: Playgirl Magazine

by Not Past It

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In the summer of 1973, Playgirl Magazine printed its first photos of full frontal male nudity. In a bold acknowledgment of female sexuality, the revolutionary magazine offered male nudity to straight women for almost half a century. Today, we are flipping through Playgirl’s fabled pages and examining just what it was about “The Magazine for Women,” that made it such a surprisingly...hard (we had to)...sell.

*This episode contains explicit language and graphic sexual references*

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