I stumbled on this thread and please allow me to add my grain of salt.

I am sorry for that ape who so demonstatively produced his magazines in front of this 14year old. I would have been the mother, I'd have reacted immediately.

Now to Playboy: When I was still living in Switzerland, the international magazine offer was quite poor but Playboy was selling well. I bought it once when I was about 16 (I am 53 now) and to tell you the truth, I bought it for the women... Well, I regretted the investition because what I found there was ludicrous in comparison to other European magazines and definitely not worth it. Well, I had bought it, I kept it and left it for ages laying in my room until one boring November afternoon. Out of sheer boredom, I started to read it from page 1. At that time, it was mind boggling, just the Forum part alone was a wealth of information and some articles were great and had nothing to do with sex. As of that day, I was hooked on the magazine and read it regularly for over ten years. No, ladies, definitely not for the girls but for the forum... Alas, like all good things, they tend to have an end and the world of informative magazines opened up, so I quit reading it. I sometimes come across one and have a peek in it, it seems it has not changed very much, probably my style has changed. Anyway, if you meet again someone reading Playboy, don't condemn him. Despite the naked ladies inside, the magazine contributed or was the engine to many changes in the American society, many actually very helpful to women.

Sorry I was so long.