Is Playboy Magazine Pornography ?

[bronzdragon]

Well, going by the Webster's definition, I'd say that Playboy barely fits into the definition. Although, over the years, I think this magazine represents the most artistic use of the female form. And in a lot of cases, when really good photographers have been used, true art.

--edited out a couple paragraphs that went outside of the question parameters.--

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[GWB]

Would you have a problem with you daughter posing it it. If so , it is probably obscene to you.

 

[Hitman]

Well, going by the Webster's definition, I'd say that Playboy barely fits into the definition.
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...cough...cough...coffee through my nose onto screen
Really?

Maybe your Webster is outdated, but from the description listed below in the very source you claimed (Webster’s Dictionary), Playboy fits the EXACT definition of pornography.

por•nog•ra•phy noun \-fē\
Definition of PORNOGRAPHY
1: the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement
Source Webster

erot•ic adj \i-ˈrä-tik\
Definition of EROTIC
1: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire <erotic art>
Source Webster

Naked people posing is erotic behavior which leads to sexual desires/arousal.

Are we really that ignorant as a society to wonder if Playboy is considered Pornography and then for some to actually claim that it isn't?

 

[LCPL 4]

We all know why Playboy pics are not allowed here. How do you think Spanky got his name?

 

[Baldrik78]

Better tell Netter.....

Link to lots of porn.....

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[oleheat]

you're twisting words friend

hundred year old art is quite different than photographs of living girls showing off what a plastic surgeon altered on them for a few dollars so people can masturbate

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[James Cannon]

This, but I have got to admit, Playboy can go either way. Not every photo. Some of it is porn, but some of it is art. I flipped through one of Spec's playboys and saw a woman with her back towards the camera holding a bouquet of pink tulips against the small of her back. Completely nude, nothing but her buttcheeks showing.

Now this isn't a lezzie post, but the woman had an ass to beat all feminine ass. That photo was drop dead gorgeous. It's been *years* since I've seen it. Circa 1997, 1998. And hands down it is the only nude photo I remember to this day and it was Playboy.

It's also worth mentioning Playboy has scored the coup to photograph some of our most respected actresses. I'm not talking the recent actresses, but Jane Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe and Cindy Crawford (one of the last "greats")


edit to add: In relations to Bayoushooter: anything nude is considered porn. It's a harder limit than private viewing. NSFW should be respected here. I don't flinch at nude art. If you have body parts spread it's porn IMO. But for the purposes of this website, there's a non issue. Nudity - bad unless it's premium section.

What she said. Exactly.

Playboy is created mostly to incite sexual arousal, even if mild, and for that it's porn. Nothing says that being porn means it can't also be other things at the same time. Sure the photos are touched up a lot, and a lot of the women are fake, these days, but the composition, posing, lighting, exposure, and the myriad other things that go into making a good photo set that I don't know about... it's all there in Playboy and they do it well! They have to do it well to maintain the bit of "classiness" that sets them aside from Hustler and the other smut rags.

Just showing naked body parts is not obscene, though in this country of people descended from those too uptight for the imperial BRITISH, it still is deemed so.

But Playboy is a pornographic magazine even though it ventures into other categories too. It's not a on/off switch but more of a Venn Diagram :P

 

[James Cannon]

Also, "NSFW" is different than "porn or not porn" because "NSFW" generally has to appeal to the lowest, conservative, denominator. It has to be safe for that bitchy, prude, menopausal old bitty who hasn't gotten laid in 20 years, to look at and not raise a stink about, if she sees it as she walks by your computer. It has to be safe for whiny boy pissant who still ain't got his cherry popped but has a vendetta against you for calling him out on being a daddy's boy little prat who woulda been fired if not for the nepotism. So "NSFW" goes a little beyond simply "porn", imo. There are things I wouldn't consider porn, that, for most work places, would be NSFW. My workplace? Pretty lenient, and none of the guys care so long as it isn't seen by someone who would get offended, basically, which is just one person in the office.

 

[jimdana1942]

#1.

 

[Hitman]

It has to be safe for that bitchy, prude, menopausal old bitty who hasn't gotten laid in 20 years, to look at and not raise a stink about, if she sees it as she walks by your computer. It has to be safe for whiny boy pissant who still ain't got his cherry popped but has a vendetta against you for calling him out on being a daddy's boy little prat who woulda been fired if not for the nepotism..

Go ahead and tell us how you really feel.

 

[kajuntriton]

This is a FIREARM shooting forum.....WhyTF is this even being discussed here??????

 

[Emperor]

Female nudity has been adored for centuries! Mr. Cannon is correct that we are a very uptight society when it comes to sexuality. This obsession in the US with trying to hide, "the truth" about human sexuality seems deeply rooted in religious ties.

It seems very clear to me to see the divide between those that are open and forthright about sexuality and those that want to keep the lid on the discussion. And because we in this country feel the need to label everything, we must label the depiction of a nude women with some justification for that label. A person likes the subtle classiness of a playboy spread, but draws the line at a Hustler girl pulling apart her labia till you see her guts????

In the end we are animals! No different in our necessity to procreate than a squirrel or a duck. The pleasure factor just complicates the issue for the human being.

The answer to this question was answered by Justice Potter Stewart in the 60's; "I can't explain pornography, but I know it when I see it." However since we MUST be able to identify everything in the country and to have a reason and a justification, you have this thread.

 

[James Cannon]

This is a FIREARM shooting forum.....WhyTF is this even being discussed here??????

Because it's in off topic :P

Go ahead and tell us how you really feel.

lol, those are descriptions from previous places of employment... but definitely from experience. >.<

 

[spanky]

This thread has run its course. Pornography has been defined and that's the end of it.