Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, died this week at age 91. He was extraordinarily innovative and influential, and he was reviled by a lot of people for exactly those reasons.
When the 27-year-old Hefner started Playboy in 1953, America was a sexually sick country.
As a lifelong “liberal” it breaks my heart to say this, but “liberals” and “progressives” are making it harder and harder to write about things that matter. Here are examples of facts that I and others hesitate to write about:
Consider the astounding fact that we have more sexual options than almost any other society in the history of the world. And think about the individuals who suffered to create or maintain that freedom.
Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey’s science is still accurate, relevant, and important–no matter how much conspiracy-theorist Judith Reisman and anti-gay crusaders try to discredit the man and his work.
An 18-year-old man accuses a 72-year-old of rape–from an unwanted blowjob with no coercion and no threats. A jury convicts.
NCMEC has finally told parents to stop using the phrase “stranger danger” with their kids–a phrase NCMEC itself has promoted for decades. NCMEC’s goal has always been to terrify parents, regardless of the true risks to their children.