In December 1953, sex symbol, and quite possibly the most desired woman of her generation, Marilyn Monroe, graced the first issue of Playboy magazine (Dyer, 1988). Because of this immensely influential woman, Playboy magazine soon after gained very rapidly in circulation and became one of the most famous magazines – and even remains so today. Was it solely Monroe's physical features that captivated ... in Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) and, present-day sex symbol, Angelina Jolie's character in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). The same year that Monroe shocked society and posed nude for Play...

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... gender, and the reasons why female sports and athletes continue to be marginalized in comparison to their male counterparts. One status granted to most male professional athletes is that of a "playboy". Whether it is the money, the fame, the houses, the cars, or whatever, male athletes appear to have very few problems attracting members of the opposite sex. Wilt Chamberlain went ... acts in the aisles while male fans gawked in enjoyment. If this isn't enough to keep men tuned in and coming to the games, what is? Well, Keith Cox won a Playboy contest last year, and part of his prize was ...

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... order to demonstrate that gender and body are separate things. "They were not marvellously upright, the kind women wear as epaulettes, as a mark of rank. Neither were they pubescent playboy fantasies. They had done their share of time and begun to submit to gravity's insistence. The flesh was brown, the aureoles browner still, nipples bead black. My gypsy sisters I called ... ...

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... models, how to gain sexuality. Because of this, a fictitious standard is set by all men and women. This means that all men are looking for the perfect, yet non-existing, Playboy Bunny, and all women are trying to be just that. Dr. Kilbourne illustrates this best when showing the Special K commercial in which it is implied that men don't worry about ... ...

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