the world is spinning... around a pole

In an interview with Hugh Hefner, Playboy company founder and famous septuagenarian, (video at the bottom) about an alleged rape taking place at his own mansion during a party, they explain the popularity of The Girls Next Door in the only way seen fit. This is of course right before Hefner denounces the alleged rape as a story the victim made up to "cover up her partying" to her boyfriend. Is he a smart business man keeping trouble away from his mansion and company name or is she making up for her own mistakes by lying about something severe?

Unfortunately, his is the only explanation shown on TV and is therefore considered more reputable. Who would want to tell Hugh Hefner, every man's idol, that he is wrong? Not every man's idol? Just read all the comments after the majority of The Girls Next Door youtube videos.

NBC narrator: "It's these young women who seem most appealing to millions of viewers: most of them female."
Hugh Hefner: "It's fantasy, I think it's a guilty pleasure and a fantasy for women."



Hefner's explanation of fantasy negates his original statement entirely that his relationships with women a third of his age are real. Does he believe that women fantasize about dating a man three times their age or that they would love to be a life-size barbie doll with constant parties and unlimited credit cards? Think fast, Hefner, I am pretty sure women are not attracted to your hot bod. And if they are, they may be blinded by the no limit credit card. Of course, I am assuming no limit because that seems like the only fair trade for his girlfriends having a 9:00PM curfew unless he accompanies them (this is made clear on his reality TV show).
Modern day prostitution? No, Hef says it is true love, so it must be. His definitions of "real" and "fantasy" are skewed for someone so influential to a younger male audience...which covers many generations, since it is not hard to be younger than Hugh Hefner. He sets the stage for more trends in poor reflections of American society.
But then the question becomes: who sets off this chain of events?

When do women ever want to be left behind? Never. "The problem with the "story of man" was that women couldn't recognize themselves in it. So those who produce the "story of woman" want to make sure they appear in it. The best way to ensure that is to be the storyteller and hence to be in a position to decide which of all the many facts about women's lives ought to be in the story, which ought to be left out." (Woman: The One and the Many from Inessential Woman: Problems of Exclusion in Feminist Though by Elizabeth Spelman)

In any circumstances we race to keep up with men, even when it comes to throwing dollars at strippers on a pole. If we want to seem sexy and fun we encourage any kind of sex-related fun, regardless of how it makes American women look as a whole. We are willing to pay more, yell louder and encourage the raunch in order to keep up with the sex drive of men... because if we don't we are old news.
"Women in America don't want to be excluded from anything anymore: not the board meeting or the cigar that follows it or, lately, even the trip to the strip club that follows that. What we want is to be where it's at, and currently that's a pretty trashy place." (Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pig).
So maybe next time a woman makes it to the top, high profile executive position in a company she should just install a stripper pole in the board room.
In America, that could be the only way she is seen or heard. Regardless of talent, brains, or creative ideal women are determined to keep up with what's happening, especially in the laps of men.