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Former Playmates, girlfriends, and employees including Sondra Theodore, Susie Krabacher, Lisa Loving Barrett and Audrey Ann Huskey come together to share their experiences and struggles stemming from their time in the Playboy world.
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- Arlene Nelson
- 2022-04-04
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 ...
Apr 4, 2022 · The Aftermath. Apr 04, 2022 | 42m 31s | tv-14 s,d,l | CC. Former Playmates, girlfriends, and employees including Sondra Theodore, Susie Krabacher, Lisa Loving Barrett and Audrey Ann Huskey come together to share their experiences and struggles stemming from their time in the Playboy world.
- 43 min
Jan 24, 2022 · The Playboy mystique and Hugh Hefner’s legacy receive a serious debunking in “Secrets of Playboy,” a 10-part A&E network docuseries that explores the dark side of the lifestyle Hefner sought...
- '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 · ‘Secrets of Playboy’ is not the Hugh Hefner takedown you were expecting. A&E’s docuseries promises to shatter the “fable” that fueled an empire. But creative failings mean its bombshells add up...
Mar 13, 2022 · The Aftermath. Former Playmates, girlfriends, and employees including Sondra Theodore, Susie Krabacher, Lisa Loving Barrett and Audrey Ann Huskey come together to share their experiences and struggles stemming from their time in the Playboy world.
