An interesting article about Playgirl Magazine

[Emma_Goddess]

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with the ridiculous comment that women looking at naked men is any different then men looking at naked women. The availability of nude male content is lesser, which makes it more "special" I suppose, but based on the way I've seen other women react to a well conditioned male physique I'd say women are just as (if not more) objectifying of the opposite sex. The fact that we're able to get away with it doesn't make it less of a fact.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a55592/playgirl-magazine-history/

 

[Matt Ramsey]

Hmmm, I always thought it was started by Heff.

 

[MrMacphisto]

From what I understand, Playgirl started out aimed at female customers but, over time, gay men became the main customers.

Esquire and GQ started out aimed at straight men, but over the last decade or so, they have had much larger gay readerships than before as well.