It has come to my attention recently how glamorized Playboy is by the young adult and teen communities through out the United States. Although this is not a new issue, I did not realize that many people still see Playboy in such a great light. On the outside, Hugh Hefner and his "playmates" may seem to have a quite enchanting lifestyle, one that almost anyone would want to be apart of, but no one knows what life in the Playboy Mansion truly consists of. Other than the awful way the girls in the mansion are treated, the way that Playboy objectifies woman as sexual objects is another problem.
Beginning with the way Hugh Hefner treated the women that he dated, it is almost repulsive that any male would want to be like him. From the mental abuse he put them through to the way he caused drama between his girlfriends, the "playmates", he made the lives of the girls living in his mansion miserable. Mr. Hefner is a good example of a sociopath. After reading Holly Madison's book, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, I gained an insight to what life in the Playboy Mansion was like. There is no doubt in my mind that Hugh Hefner has something seriously wrong with him psychologically. Madison wrote about how he would criticize the way her nose looked or how "plain" he thought her style was. There were also occasions where Holly Madison would try to go out of her way to make him happy and he would completely shut her down. She wrote about the way that he damaged her self-esteem to the point that she wanted to kill herself at one point while living in the mansion.
"That's one of the things about Hef: when it came to humiliating his girlfriends, the larger the audience, the better." -- Holly Madison, Down the Rabbit Hole
Although there have been many iconic women featured in the Playboy magazine, they have not been glorified in the way that they should have been. Playboy does not promote the natural beauty of women in anyway, especially since Hugh Hefner has standards that the ladies must stand-up to. If they do not, he pays for various cosmetic procedures or surgeries so they fit his idea of perfect. Playboy objectifies women in a way that makes some think that they are only used for the pleasure of males. Hugh Hefner would make his girlfriends sit around looking pretty hanging on his arm if they were to go out in public and at home he would tell them what they were and were not allowed to wear. The way that the girls would have to join him and the other girlfriends in the bedroom before being "initiated" makes the issue worse. Even if the magazine has stopped showing nude photos, there is a lot more that needs to change. Playboy is unethical, condescending and immoral. So Ladies, please stop thinking it is classy or sexy to dress-up as a Playboy Bunny and fellas, please stop thinking women are something to have in bed, because we are so much more than that.
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." -- Marilyn Monroe
