Hefner's Sex And The Single Girl

Playboy began feeling the pressure from Penthouse and Hustler, another male magazine, due to their more sexually explicit material. Of course, Playboy readers had the potential to get bored with the magazine, which resulted in Hefner having to think of ways to keep readers and advertisers. To keep up with the sexual demand of readers and the competing publications, Hefner began to experiment with pornography that was more obscene. Due to pressures from advertisers, he decided to stay with the more tasteful approach and not explore more racy options. With all the sexual changes brought to American culture during this time, Playboy was always there, providing its readers with a look into sexuality and an outlet for their sexual fantasies. The magazine’s pages were not only full of expensive products
Born February 18, 1922, Brown grew up poor and pulled herself up by her own boot straps. She used her own sexual experiences to sell the new liberated lifestyle to the women of America. Brown’s novel, Sex and the Single Girl hit the shelves in 1962 and there was no turning back. This book was out to change the world. Having waited until the age of thirty-seven to marry, she had a long string of unapologetic affairs. She married David Brown, a movie producer. He was the one to suggest writing the book. He recognized that it could be a huge financial opportunity and she knew there was a huge gap in what was happening in public versus the private lives of women. Brown once read a 1961 article in Ladies’ Home Journal that stated women had two choices: marry or remain chaste. Brown knew from her own experience that women were going against public morals in their private lives. “Theoretically a ‘nice’ single woman has no sex life. What nonsense! She has a better sex life than most of her married friends. She need never be bored with one man per lifetime. Her choice of partners is endless and they seek