Not sure what to say or if I should say anything at all! Playboy has been known for one thing and one thing only: exposing women's bodies to satisfy their readership (or should I say viewership) pleasure. I do not recall ever hearing that this magazine portrays women for their intellectual value to society as a result of posing naked. So I am really concern with why some women continue to find this avenue a way to build up the nature of women. Is it personal gain (money) and desire for acceptance? Can women find other ways to do it?
Ok, so she knows she has a great body at 45, but why naked? And why in Playboy? Who buys this magazine? MEN mainly, correct? Ask any men why do they buy this type of publication? I bet they will not say: "the interesting articles" or maybe they will to get you off their back!
I know many great female athletes and dancers who look wonderful at her age but show up in magazines wearing clothes. Unfortunately women continue to send mixed messages. I am sorry, but I find her decision undermines what women have worked so hard for years to dismiss from society. Posing naked achieves two thing: 1. the sensorial pleasing of the viewers of Playboy who will probably will not look beyond her full woman potential and 2. money for her pocket. Ok, maybe a few drools from women who want to look just like her...come on!
I asked my kids what would they think of me if I did show up naked in a magazine like Playboy, they responded: "Mom, if you did something like that we would not be able to see you as a mother figure any more, you would be forever in our minds as this naked thing even if you looked physically great" That was actually profound and enough for me, so I will not send my pictures to Playboy!
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Not sure what to say or if I should say anything at all! Playboy has been known for one thing and one thing only: exposing women's bodies to satisfy their readership (or should I say viewership) pleasure. I do not recall ever hearing that this magazine portrays women for their intellectual value to society as a result of posing naked. So I am really concern with why some women continue to find this avenue a way to build up the nature of women. Is it personal gain (money) and desire for acceptance? Can women find other ways to do it?
Ok, so she knows she has a great body at 45, but why naked? And why in Playboy? Who buys this magazine? MEN mainly, correct? Ask any men why do they buy this type of publication? I bet they will not say: "the interesting articles" or maybe they will to get you off their back!
I know many great female athletes and dancers who look wonderful at her age but show up in magazines wearing clothes. Unfortunately women continue to send mixed messages. I am sorry, but I find her decision undermines what women have worked so hard for years to dismiss from society. Posing naked achieves two thing: 1. the sensorial pleasing of the viewers of Playboy who will probably will not look beyond her full woman potential and 2. money for her pocket. Ok, maybe a few drools from women who want to look just like her...come on!
I asked my kids what would they think of me if I did show up naked in a magazine like Playboy, they responded: "Mom, if you did something like that we would not be able to see you as a mother figure any more, you would be forever in our minds as this naked thing even if you looked physically great" That was actually profound and enough for me, so I will not send my pictures to Playboy!
May 18, 2009 - 10:09pmThis Comment
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