End Of An Era?

[youngmafbog]

Hugh has died. He may not fit the latest right-on trends these days but the man undoubtedly changed all of our lives and bought sexual fredoms to the fore.

RIP Hugh.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4927948/Hugh-Hefner-dies-aged-91.html

[Islay]

Creepy and yucky blurgh!

[fender62]

i remember my old mum saying once about hugh and his magazine..
turn them upside down there all the same, i laughed, was she referring to the magazine or the women.

[trt]

## apparently he admitted to having sex with over a thousand women,##

Thats says it all, a show off, and a braggart with no respect or morals.

[albaqwerty]

When I first heard the news this morning, the song 'Sex n Drugs n Rock n Roll' came to mind.

A very wealthy creep who found a way to make porn palatable (in his opinion anyway)

[hereIam]

Yep, creepy !

[jno]

ichkeria, you may well not remember the 50s. Life has changed a lot since those days of abortion bans, illegitimate babies being farmed out to priests and nuns, and jail for gays, and yes, he played a significant part.

[Mamyalynne]

He was part of the fabric of a rapidly changing time, took risks and they paid off - influential in many fields really.

A life full to the brim - RIP Hugh.

[-Talbot-]

trt
## apparently he admitted to having sex with over a thousand women,##

Thats says it all, a show off, and a braggart with no respect or morals.


Quite right, trt ... you would never hear me bragging about the thousand women+ I have had sex with.
(or all my charity work)

[jourdain2]

'Playboy' mag. did have some good recipes (honestly!) and I never looked on it as sleazy - 1st husband got it occasionally and I never had a problem with it, there were some quite interesting articles.

[nailit]

Yeah, as a teenager I only ever bought it for the articles as well :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly, much more than some other simple picture type comics, some very notable contributors. :-)

[andy-hughes]

Hefner always was, and remained until his death, a divisive figure.

Although his lifestyle model has seriously slipped from any national consciousness as time has gone on, he was at the forefront of a cultural revolution in terms of pushing boundaries in terms of what was acceptable in mainstream publishing.

He remained true to his ideals from start to finish, and must be admired for that, if nothing else. It will be interesting to see what happens to his business and publishing empire now he is not there to drive it.

[nailit]

///## apparently he admitted to having sex with over a thousand women,##

Thats says it all, a show off, and a braggart with no respect or morals///
I fail to see why someone who has had lots of sex in their life means that they lack respect or morals? Did he rape these women or something?

[jno]

there were some brilliant features in Playboy. I remember one - must have been from the mid-60s - about the early days of advertising on US TV, when the ads were filmed live (like the programmes) and when an advertiser made a special offer he might find (to his chagrin) a passerby running into the shop front of the camera to claim it.

They also had an excellent roster of British cartoonists. The top brass of Punch went to Chicago for a week (also mid-60s, I think) to do a spoof edition called Punch goes Playboy, and the cartoonists smartly took along their portfolios, which evidently impressed the Playboy cartoon editor.

[kvalidir]

I thought that when I read it Nailit, I can't see how many sexual partners or the type of sexual partners one has is relevant to one's morals as long as a good time is had by all.

[andy-hughes]

To those who are rather pruriently holding their hands up in horror at Mr Hefner's advice of his sexual partner tally, I am only surprised it was not more, given his approach to sex, and the lifestyle and opportunities afforded to him through most of his adult life.

He could hardly be the head of a media empire whose driving motto was for men to enjoy themselves in any and all ways available, and then shirk his own responsibilities as a role model and shining example!