Question to the ladies here on DU---Have you ever bought a Playgirl magazine?

[trumad]

Uhh----I'm fortunate to know a whole bunch of Women throughout my life--- I don't think I've met one who has bought a Playgirl magazine... of course they could be hiding them under their mattress.

ewww---Sorry Levi---but your hairy armpits are gross.

[Brickbat]

1. No, but someone had one in college and it provided an evening's worth of laughter.

ETA: I thought they had shut down or gone internet-only?

[Warpy]

8. A friend bought one as a hoot

and I vaguely remember Burt Reynolds was the one with staples in his tummy.

We all thought it was hilarious.

Beefcake really doesn't sell all that well to women. However, it sells very well to other men.

[gkhouston]

20. No -- that was Cosmo -- and get this -- my Mom bought it, not realizing

that Cosmopolitan had changed.

It used to be a garden-variety women's magazine like McCall's or Redbook. We laughed our asses off and gave her all kinds of shit.

[Warpy]

45. No, it was Playgirl.

when it first came out in 1972.

[gkhouston]

56. wikianswers says not.

They may be wrong--he may have posed for both--but he did pose for the April '72 issue of Cosmo.

[dysfunctional press]

54. he did both. he was on the cover of the first playgirl

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=3...

[gkhouston]

57. Snort. He got around back then! n/t

[dysfunctional press]

61. here's a better pic of the cover of the first issue of playgirl he appeared on...

he did at least two more covers...



and i think that the centerfold picture was either the same in both, or at least from the same photo shoot...my mother had the cosmo issue, and i remember this being the cosmo centerfold pic:


but i've seen the same pic attributed to having appeared in playgirl.
the playgirl issue in question is from 1974, while the cosmo centerfold was in 1972.

[Canuckistanian]

64. I vividly remember a comment from the time

A certain radio personality in Canada had seen the Burt Reynolds pictures in Playgirl.

And remarked, "I've seen bigger "wine corks" in the men's locker room of my golf club"

[undeterred]

2. Just for something to read during church.

[Lost-in-FL]

3. We don't by Playgirl, we buy Cosmopolitan. nt

[FirstLight]

9. +10!

I prefer articles and such if i am going for a fluff magazine...not pics of penises! ( they really are not that 'pretty' to look at, IMHO...of course i feel differently when it is attached to someone I care about, lol)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. I would browse through others' Cosmos but only bought Vanity Fair.

[Lost-in-FL]

24. Vanity Fair is a great magazine I think.

Cause it manages to balance both important political issues, fashion and entertainment.

I used to buy Cosmo but it turned like playgirl without the penises. Maybe I am just too old.

[Scout]

32. i never bought a Cosmopolitan ... don't think i've ever looked at one.

what do they have?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. Cosmo seems to be all about pleasing your man rather than pleasing yourself.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I never have, and I have zero plans to do so...(nt)

[Fire1]

47. +1

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. No. No desire to either.

I am attracted by intellect, not looks.

[Cleita]

6. Nope. I have thumbed through it while stacking the magazine racks when

I once worked at a bookstore. I wasn't interested in buying it even though I got mags at cost.

[RebelOne]

7. I bought them all the time when I was in my 30s.

Mainly for the male centerfolds.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Yes, but I can't recall who was the centerfold that caused me to purchase it.

[Mari333]

11. no. no to playgirl, no to cosmo, no to most of them.

why would I waste my time with that shite?

[Dulcinea]

12. Yes.

My best friend & I bought one when we were in high school. We were very disappointed because the centerfold was, uh, limp. We were randy teenagers who wanted to see a stiffy!

[Withywindle]

19. Same here!

High school was the age for me too. And I had pretty much exactly the same response. Flaccid is not sexy. I want to see guys who look they're obviously having FUN posing.

(I do, on rare occasion, buy gay male mags when I'm really struck by the guy on the cover. Shopkeepers give me strange looks, I don't give a damn. I read 'em for the articles, I promise! )

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Never had an interest to, at all.

[lame54]

15. you really think it's for women?

[ecstatic]

16. It's probably moreso for men

Women are not as visual as men are. There's a reason why women strippers far outnumber male strippers.

[Kahuna]

17. Nope! nt

[eShirl]

18. maybe 3 by age 25, none in the last couple decades

more of a novelty; they really weren't that great

[Echo In Light]

21. I know of several early 20-ish women who are avid internet porn consumers - hardcore stuff, too

I think there's a great deal of long standing gender propaganda that's about as accurate and factual as the dominant political mythology re America's so called representative democracy.

[RaleighNCDUer]

51. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers!

No input on the question. I just like your pic.

[Echo In Light]

53. And as we know...

[juno jones]

59. LOL!

Ain't it the truth, tho....

[SemiCharmedQuark]

22. Once when I was 18. My boyfriend bought a Playboy and I thought turnabout was fair play.

Unfortunately, the editors of PlayGirl did not agree. It was probably the least sexy magazine I have ever read outside of the Better Homes and Gardens I perused at the dentist. I mean, Playboy features these outrageously proportioned females that create this standard women will never be able to live up to. Playgirl featured...regular sized guys. To put it generously.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

23. When I was 19 on a dare --

That was the first and last one I bought. Historically, I would primarily see them at the hair salon I went to in The Castro.

[TacoD]

25. PG is no longer a magazine -- it is Internet-only (nt)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. I paged through it at the newsstand once out of curiosity

Was underwhelmed.

Women don't respond to visuals as much as men do.

[morillon]

27. I bought one when I was 20.

The expressions on those guys' faces were just hilarious. They were cute guys, but the whole thing was just ridiculous. Never bought another one.

A lot of women like to look at beefcake, if the covers of romance novels and the web sites of some romance authors are anything to go by.

[seaglass]

28. Yes, but only for the articles. n/t

[Scout]

29. a long time ago, when i was 15 or 16 some of us Girl Scouts

got together and went and bought one, and laughed over it, etc.

a couple years later i briefly subscribed.

the pictures at the time weren't bad, they at least weren't as ridiculous as many of the poses women assume in men's magazines. i think the editors thought erections would scare us or something, 'cuz i seem to remember a lack of those.

haven't looked at one in a long time....

[blogslut]

30. I bought a few in the 80's

There wasn't much to the magazine aside from the rather lame pics. I was hoping for a ladies alternative to Playboy, with articles, humor and music-centric content. Ironically, the some of best, most subversive articles of that time were printed in the pages of Hustler. I got better, sexier beefcake from the International Male catalog.

[Skittles]

31. no woodies allowed

so, no

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[SemiCharmedQuark]

35. Grovelbot has done his time milling around awkwardly at the 7/11 waiting for the childbotsto leave.

[CatWoman]

34. I would if you were in it

[trumad]

49. I was in Naked Gun...

Does that count?

[CatWoman]

55. bwahahahahaha

[Soylent Brice]

36. why just the ladies?

[Bobbie Jo]

38. Received as a "gift."

In college...what a hoot! I don't think I would go out of my way to purchase one.

[arthritisR_US]

39. NO, but you do know that it's mostly men who buy that magazine. n/t

[madmom]

40. Nope, wouldn't waste the money. Only ever seen one once.

[girl gone mad]

41. No, but I used to borrow my gay roommate's mags.

They usually had a better variety of men and were more graphic.

[Bonn1997]

48. graphic as in gay male activity? I didn't think women liked that! Or just showing more nudity?

[Withywindle]

52. Quite a few women like that a LOT.

Google up "slash fanfiction." I dare you. About 95% of it is written by women.

It may follow the traditional pattern of women being more aroused by text than by images--until you see the fanart.

[SweetieD]

42. Haha no.

[Warren DeMontague]

43. I'm tired of being objectified, personally.

Levi Johnston is more than just a piece of meat, dammit!

Well, maybe that's not the best example.

[bain_sidhe]

44. I know I had one once

but I don't remember if I bought it, or it was given to me. Must not have been a memorable occasion, either way.

[DKRC]

46. No

Flipped through one a friend had when I was a teen. The overall impression I was left with was that the guys were all terrifically bored. One guy in particular was posed sitting on a stool -- looked like he was waiting for someone to just shoot him & put him outta his misery.
It was almost like the underlying theme was -- nothing to see here, move along. Took the hint since I was never one for window shopping; I went out an got a live model.

[ismnotwasm]

50. Hell no

I'd rather watch a Vin Diesel movie or something. There's something about muscles in action that do for me what stills never will.

And anyway, Levi-boy, is NO Vin Diesel. In fact, I think I'll go watch 'Pitch Black' again, it's my day off.

I can't think of a single "women's" magazine that doesn't piss me off. I don't buy any of them. I don't worry about my weight, I don't care about make up much, but I do know how to put it on, and I wear what pleases me. Oh, and making my man happy, in any sense of the word? We make each other happy. Very.

So, really, there's no point in buying bullshit that repeats itself over and over.

[Blue_In_AK]

58. I never bought one

but I do remember when Burt Reynolds was the centerfold. That's how old I am.

[Vinca]

60. Never bought one and didn't know it was still in existence.

Yike - Levi's armpit looks like it's wearing a Davy Crockett hat.

[Irishonly]

62. Nope

Never have and have no plans to do so.

[Bigmack]

63. No

Never have, never will, tho I don't think Playboy is evil Ms Bigmack

[Bigmack]

65. oops

misread THAT one, tho I've never bought Playgirl either! Ms Bigmack

[Shell Beau]

66. Short and simple no here.

Maybe it was bigger when I was growing up. Not sure, but I have never had the desire to buy one.

[Stevenmarc]

67. It wasn't like every newsstand carried Honcho, so sure

[Extend a Hand]

68. only for the articles.

[GreenPartyVoter]

69. Never bought one, but we flipped through one in college.