STRAIGHT WOMEN: THINKING LIKE GAY MEN FOR LOVE LIKE STRAIGHT WOMEN FOR SEX.

“So why didn't Playgirl matter to us? First, there was always the suspicion that Playgirl was a gay men's magazine in disguise. As a healthy, red-blooded straight female, I fancy men, but I have to admit that the photographs of fully erect hard-bodied "Campus Hunks 2008" sproinging off the pages of Playgirl's swan song print issue (it will continue online) are more of a turnoff than an enticement. From the casting to the lighting and decor, the atmosphere is just as cheesy as men's mags. And the amateur snapshots submitted by readers of their hairy selves tumescent and naked but for their tube socks are more one-night-stand nightmare than desirable fantasy.But more important, pictures of naked men hanging out on full display speak more of engineering than intimacy. As one friend noted, "they aren't sexy without a backstory." Apparently just looking at a picture of a naked man out of context isn't "hot" for most women. I actually find ads for Calvin Klein perfume with beautiful couples entwined on a windswept cliff more erotic.”

Globe and Mail
Nov 23 2008