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Founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, this has grown into an entire company (including its own premium cable channel), although the magazine is still the flagship product. Sort of, as the explosion of free porn on the internet in the 1990s has taken a huge chunk of the magazine's customer base.
The magazine is known for its nude photos (including celebrity photos) and articles, creating a content paradox, as far as articles (most notably during its 1950s-1980s heyday) being a draw towards readers equal to the naked pictures of women (or so men say, when caught by wives and girlfriends). Sadly, though, those days are long gone, as the magazine mostly serves as a porno version of ''[[Maxim]]'', which is ironic given that ''Maxim'' is essentially a swimsuit version of pre-2016 ''Playboy''. It can be a little jarring to realize that in its heyday this magazine was credible enough to interview people like [[Jimmy Carter]] (in which Carter made his infamous "lust in my heart" comment) and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120223185345/http://www.playboy.com/magazine/playboy-interview-martin-luther-king Martin Luther King Jr.]
''Playgirl'' (which is not/has never been tied to Playboy in any official manner) unashamedly treats men just as much like a meat parade. Hey, equality is equality. But it doesn't attempt to run any of the non-erotic content that made ''Playboy'' special.
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* [[Eighties Hair]]: In that decade, models liked their hair as poofy as possible when they did shoots (see the cover pictured).
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: ''[[Penthouse]]'' and ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' are two of the most successful copycat magazines to ride Playboy's coattails. Both pushed the envelope way harder than even ''Playboy'' did when it was the only game in town, causing the magazine to follow suit in order to keep up with its rivals. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_Wars The Other Wiki's article] about (ahem) the Pubic Wars.▼
** Funnily enough, back in the 1970s when feminists were hating on it most was also when it was most classy.▼
** During the 1990s, both ''Penthouse'' and ''Hustler'' started showing explicit sexual activity in their pictorials, something that ''Playboy'' has never yet done, so this trope has been inverted in that regard.▼
▲* [[Follow the Leader]]: ''[[Penthouse]]'' and ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' are two of the most successful copycat magazines to ride ''Playboy''{{'}}s coattails. Both pushed the envelope way harder than even ''Playboy'' did when it was the only game in town, causing the magazine to follow suit in order to keep up with its rivals. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_Wars The Other Wiki's article] about (ahem) the Pubic Wars.
▲** During the 1990s, both ''Penthouse'' and ''Hustler'' started showing explicit sexual activity in their pictorials, something that ''Playboy'' has never yet done (as of the late-2010s), so this trope has been inverted in that regard.
* [[Gender Flip]]: ''Playgirl'', even though it's more popular among gay men than straight women. The magazine recently went under and is now solely a subscription website.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: The magazine is ''ridiculously'' mild by today's standards.
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* [[Nudity Tropes]]: Basically most of them.
* [[Over-the-Shoulder Pose]]: In many spreads and covers.
* [[Playboy Bunny]]: The [[Trope Maker]]
* [[Porn Stash]]: A common part of one, especially in the days before video. Finding your dad's or older brother's old ''Playboy''s is a common
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A few models and playmates wear a fur in their pictures.
** [[Naked in Mink]]: Usually just the covers (like the one pictured), since within the magazine it's not to cover up.
* [[The Rule of First Adopters]]: One of the pictures widely used for early image compression algorithms was the centerfold from the November 1972 issue,
* [[Sensual Slavs]]: [http://s11.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/e/a/ealewknspxqbkwsa.jpg The "Women of Russia" issue.]{{Dead link}}
▲* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Fundamentalists and feminists hate the magazine, for entirely different reasons. Fundamentalists hate it because they think it's obscene and ungodly, while feminists hate it due to what they feel is the exploitation of women, and the way the clubs would treat the women working in them. This alliance of convenience also extends to pornography in general.
▲** Funnily enough, back in the 1970s when feminists were hating on it most was also when it was most classy.
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[[Category:Magazines]]
▲[[Category:Playboy]]
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