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...inhibited atmosphere of his day he was probably right. He settled for what social scientists call a "sample of convenience," finding volunteers where he could. His numbers were huge -- some 11,000 people -- but selective and self-selected. In later years, mail-in surveys conducted by magazines like Playboy and Redbook and by Shere Hite were still less representative. Even Masters and Johnson called their own classic study "admittedly prejudiced...
...defense, Zdrok spent much of her life in the Soviet Union, under a government that banned great cultural and literary works. For Zdrok, Playboy represents the epitome of free-expression ideals: the notion that a woman can take off her clothes whenever she wants, with whomever she wants...
After all, Zdrok still represents Playboy's--and, implicity, Western society's--image of beauty: blonde, busty and a Barbie-doll waist. Her 5'9", 120-pound frame isn't exactly doing much to encourage healthier notions of the female body, either...
That's not to say Zdrok didn't have the right to pose in Playboy. It just makes clear that her actions don't translate into a feminist statement...
...news article, was also disappointing. Lines such as, "In fact, the College has made it easier for students to get the computer porn," as a way to describe Harvard's recent installation of the campus-wide network is like describing Out of Town News, a local newsstand which sells Playboy and the like, as a commercial effort to bring pornography on campus...