Playboy and Pornification: 65 Years of the Playboy Centerfold

In the more than 6 decades since its founding, Playboy magazine has had to contend with a great deal of cultural change, most significantly rise Internet pornography industry. The magazine, particularly signature centerfold, Playmate Month, adapt accordingly. this visual analysis, I review 65 years centerfolds consider how their bodies—physical characteristics, positions, contexts, and explicitness—have changed, reflects broader social change which they are subject. find that, overall, very little changes over years, two notable exceptions: increased visibility montes pubis slow decreasing in amount pubic hair models have, brief time period attempted remove nudity altogether. My results show that appears place value on staying true image adapting new market continued be recognized symbol gender sexuality even light readership publication.