Playboy’s Big News is Not What You Think it is
Playboy has some big news and it may not be what you’re thinking. Next March, Playboy magazine will no longer carry nude photos. The New York Times shared, “the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. But they will no longer be fully nude.”
The easy access to pornography and nudity online has been Playboy’s fiercest competitor and the internet seem to have won this battle, at least for now. But this is not a win for Christians or conservatives by any means.
As Time wrote, “In the battle for hearts and minds, porn has won. It is now as exotic as chewing gum and just as ubiquitous on main street as gum is on sidewalks.”
Pornography is cheap and free, easily accessed and just a click away. A magazine simply cannot keep up with what the internet has to offer. The magazine has lost their shock value.
The Atlantic wrote, “The move was approved last month by Hugh Hefner, the magazine’s legendary founder and editor in chief, but it has been one that has been a long time coming. First, pornography is widely available—and easily accessible—online, making the efforts of generations of pubescent boys to clandestinely acquire copies of Playboy and magazines like it seem positively antiquated. Second, changing cultural norms have made such magazines seem exploitative of women.”
Don’t be confused, Playboy isn’t concerned about the exploitation of women, they are concerned with their numbers.
Here’s what The New York Times stated, “Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 now, according to the Alliance for Audited Media. Many of the magazines that followed it have disappeared. Though detailed figures are not kept for adult magazines, many of those that remain exist in severely diminished form, available mostly in specialist stores. Penthouse, perhaps the most famous Playboy competitor, responded to the threat from digital pornography by turning even more explicit. It never recovered. …
In August of last year, its website dispensed with nudity. As a result, Playboy executives said, the average age of its reader dropped from 47 to just over 30, and its web traffic jumped to about 16 million from about four million unique users per month.”
This is where the concern lies for many. The change means more users and more users starting younger. Pornography is vicious. Could this be paving the way for porn to be more socially acceptable? There are models and porn stars who are legitimately hired, but there are so many more women and children who are trafficked, kidnapped, tricked and turned into sex slaves for the porn industry. Pornography is a form of sex trafficking.
This news is something every church leaders should be aware of. Our culture is more desensitized to porn than ever. Porn dehumanized people and cheapens sexuality.
We need to have honest and brave conversations about God’s vision and purpose for sexuality and we need to have those conversations early?
“Don’t get me wrong,” said Cory Jones, chief content officer of Playboy, “12-year-old me is very disappointed in current me. But it’s the right thing to do.”
Here is some top ChurchLeaders’ content on fighting pornography:
Think a Little Porn Is Harmless? This Is Guaranteed to Change Your Mind. Warning: You Can’t Unwatch This
5 Things I Want to Tell My Teenage Sons About Porn
7 Surprising (and Negative) Effects of Porn
John Piper: No One Is Absolutely Addicted to Pornography
The easy access to pornography and nudity online has been Playboy’s fiercest competitor and the internet seem to have won this battle, at least for now. But this is not a win for Christians or conservatives by any means.
As Time wrote, “In the battle for hearts and minds, porn has won. It is now as exotic as chewing gum and just as ubiquitous on main street as gum is on sidewalks.”
Pornography is cheap and free, easily accessed and just a click away. A magazine simply cannot keep up with what the internet has to offer. The magazine has lost their shock value.
The Atlantic wrote, “The move was approved last month by Hugh Hefner, the magazine’s legendary founder and editor in chief, but it has been one that has been a long time coming. First, pornography is widely available—and easily accessible—online, making the efforts of generations of pubescent boys to clandestinely acquire copies of Playboy and magazines like it seem positively antiquated. Second, changing cultural norms have made such magazines seem exploitative of women.”
Don’t be confused, Playboy isn’t concerned about the exploitation of women, they are concerned with their numbers.
Here’s what The New York Times stated, “Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 now, according to the Alliance for Audited Media. Many of the magazines that followed it have disappeared. Though detailed figures are not kept for adult magazines, many of those that remain exist in severely diminished form, available mostly in specialist stores. Penthouse, perhaps the most famous Playboy competitor, responded to the threat from digital pornography by turning even more explicit. It never recovered. …
In August of last year, its website dispensed with nudity. As a result, Playboy executives said, the average age of its reader dropped from 47 to just over 30, and its web traffic jumped to about 16 million from about four million unique users per month.”
This is where the concern lies for many. The change means more users and more users starting younger. Pornography is vicious. Could this be paving the way for porn to be more socially acceptable? There are models and porn stars who are legitimately hired, but there are so many more women and children who are trafficked, kidnapped, tricked and turned into sex slaves for the porn industry. Pornography is a form of sex trafficking.
This news is something every church leaders should be aware of. Our culture is more desensitized to porn than ever. Porn dehumanized people and cheapens sexuality.
We need to have honest and brave conversations about God’s vision and purpose for sexuality and we need to have those conversations early?
“Don’t get me wrong,” said Cory Jones, chief content officer of Playboy, “12-year-old me is very disappointed in current me. But it’s the right thing to do.”
Here is some top ChurchLeaders’ content on fighting pornography:
Think a Little Porn Is Harmless? This Is Guaranteed to Change Your Mind. Warning: You Can’t Unwatch This
5 Things I Want to Tell My Teenage Sons About Porn
7 Surprising (and Negative) Effects of Porn
John Piper: No One Is Absolutely Addicted to Pornography
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