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Aug 17, 2021 · A seductive new trailer for A&E Network’s upcoming “Secrets of Playboy” makes clear: Not all the wild antics in Hugh Hefner’s mansion life were sexy, fun times — one former Playboy bunny ...
- Hannah Frishberg
- 1 min
- 'How Could This Have Gone on For So Long?'
- Sexual, Emotional Abuse Can Have A Lifelong Impact
- The Importance of Bystander Intervention
- 'The Courage to Speak What Was Once Completely Unspeakable'
Carrie Pitzulo, a feminist historian and author of "Bachelors and Bunnies: The Sexual Politics of Playboy," said Playboy reflects women's position in a misogynist culture, though it is an extreme example. She said viewers of the docuseries who may ask, "How could this have gone on for so long?" should shift their question to, "How does this exist i...
Many of the women who shared their stories in the A&E docuseries were already vulnerable. Some were without means or had been sexually abused before. Most grew up without any sex education. Morbeck said the idea that the women being mistreated could have easily left Hefner or the Playboy institution ignores the dynamics of abuse, the grooming they ...
In many of the interviews, former Playmates, girlfriends and employees of Hefner's expressed shame, regret and remorse over their participation in the abuse and efforts to conceal it from the public. But experts say the power Hefner wielded and the cultural normalization of women's abuse made it difficult for people to clearly see how abhorrent Hef...
Morbeck said "Secrets of Playboy" shows what's acceptable in one era becomes less acceptable in another. "It is good to celebrate that people now have the courage to speak what was once completely unspeakable," Morbeck said. "Each day, it is harder for people like Hefner to get away with this behavior. And we now are in a situation where many more ...
- Alia E. Dastagir
- Senior News Reporter
Feb 28, 2022 · A&E's docuseries "Secrets of Playboy" has exposed a growing rift between accusers of Hugh Hefner and his media empire and the impresario's loyalists.
- amy.kaufman@latimes.com
- Columnist
Jan 14, 2022 · Secrets of Playboy, premiering Jan. 24 on A&E, dives into what many women in that world have called the "dark sides" of Playboy. In the trailer, exclusive to E! News, the Bunny Mother, PJ Masten,...
Dec 8, 2021 · The model, now aged 41, lived in the mansion from the early 2000s until she and Hefner parted ways in 2008. As a former Playboy Bunny, Madison is set to reveal what life was like for her during...
Episode 1 Aired Jan 24, 2022 The Playboy Legacy Hugh Hefner sold himself as a champion of free speech who created the Playboy brand to set off a sexual revolution that would liberate men and...
Featuring new never-before-seen interviews with former Playmates and Playboy models, girlfriends of Hefner’s, and three episodes hosted by investigative journalist and former Playboy cover model Lisa Guerrero, the series broadens its lens and examines how the Playboy’s promise of sexual freedom posed a more complex reality in the outside ...
