Gteetings! Now, to start off, I am not American and I don’t have much familiarity with playboy as a magazine or a company, the only reason I know of playboy is from movies and tv shows.
I have always thought that playboy was a chauvinistic magazine that objectified women and was owned by a not so nice man. So when I went to their site I was a little surpriced to find articles like this: The Manosphere Isn’t Even Having Fun or Losers Who Wear Smart Glasses Are Filming Women Without Consent
Can someone explain to me if I’ve been wrong about playboy or if they are actually progressive?
As absurd as it sounds Playboy has an incredible track record with finding excellent writers and many of the stories published in Playboy are celebrated.
But no… there is nothing feminist about a porn mag.
there’s also nothing inherently wrong with a porn magazine from a feminist perspective. sex work is real work, and just because the publication is made for the male gaze doesn’t mean it’s problematic if the women are being paid well and treated right. if it were otherwise, then sex work itself would be problematic.