Playboy in and of itself is exploitative. That's the nature of the business. Playboy isn't pushing social boundaries or uncovering conspiracies or furthering our understanding of the universe. It's a magazine with some funny articles and a lot of naked women, intended for the exploitation—knowing or not—of objectification. Having known women in the objectification businesses, they don't all go into these situations fully understanding what's going on. Some, also, come from lives which have been very difficult, and they see this as their only option.
For those women (and I suppose men) who go into an objectification business with their eyes open, great. I don't know that it's fair to paint all of them with that brush, though.
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