Editing Hugh Hefner (section)

==Reputation==
[[Suzanne Moore]] wrote in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that Hefner threatened to file a lawsuit against her for calling him a "pimp".<ref name="Moore2017"/> Defending her position, Moore argued that "he was a man who bought and sold women to other men".<ref name="Moore2017"/> She further stated that "part of Hefner's business acumen was to make the selling of female flesh respectable and hip, to make soft porn acceptable."<ref name="Moore2017">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/hugh-hefner-pimp-sue-playboy-mansion|title=I called Hugh Hefner a pimp, he threatened to sue. But that's what he was|date=September 28, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |language=en|access-date=September 29, 2017|author=Suzanne Moore|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929014523/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/hugh-hefner-pimp-sue-playboy-mansion|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Julie Bindel]] argued in ''[[The Independent]]'' that Hefner "caused immeasurable damage by turning porn—and therefore the buying and selling of women's bodies—into a legitimate business."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hugh-hefner-dead-death-playboy-mansion-bunny-women-misogynist-predatory-enemy-a7972046.html|title=Hugh Hefner was the ultimate enemy of women—no feminist anywhere will shed a tear at his death|date=September 28, 2017|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|language=en|access-date=September 29, 2017|author=Julie Bindel|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929045733/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hugh-hefner-dead-death-playboy-mansion-bunny-women-misogynist-predatory-enemy-a7972046.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Robin Abcarian wrote in the ''Los Angeles Times'', quoting [[List of Playboy Playmates of 1991#December|Wendy Hamilton]], that Hefner "probably did more to mainstream the exploitation of women's bodies than any other figure in American history," adding that he "managed to convince many women that taking off their clothes for men's pleasure was not just empowering, but a worthy goal in itself." She further stated that Hefner "embodied the aesthetic notion that images of women—and women themselves—exist to please men."<ref name=latimes2017>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-hefner-20170929-story.html |last=Abcarian |first=Robin |date=September 28, 2017 |title=California Journal: Hugh Hefner preached sexual liberation, but he never stopped exploiting women's bodies |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507025334/https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-hefner-20170929-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hefner's former girlfriend [[Holly Madison]] said that he "would encourage competition—and body image issues—between his multiple live-in girlfriends. His legacy is full of evidence of the exploitation of women for professional gain."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/opinions/hugh-hefner-legacy-has-a-dark-side-drexler/index.html|title=Hugh Hefner's legacy has a dark side|last=Drexler|first=Peggy|date=September 29, 2017|publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929005755/http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/opinions/hugh-hefner-legacy-has-a-dark-side-drexler/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ed Stetzer]] wrote in ''[[Christianity Today]]'' that Hefner would have the residence systematically cleaned whenever Christie Hefner visited in order "to keep the realities from his own daughter".<ref name="Stetzer2017">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/september/hugh-hefner-mourning-and-legacies.html|title=Hugh Hefner, Mourning, and Legacies: Beyond the Pipe and the Robe|date=September 28, 2017|magazine=Christianity Today|language=en|access-date=September 29, 2017|author=Ed Stetzer|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127022845/https://churchleaders.com/ed-stetzer|url-status=live}}</ref> Stetzer further lamented the consequences of Hefner's role as a "general" of the "sexual revolution":

{{blockquote|It's hard to fathom that anyone would have known what this would have turned into. Parents growing up today are fighting to keep their children pure. Spouses are fighting to keep their marriages intact. And many enslaved and trapped in the adult entertainment industry have been figuratively and literally stripped not only of their clothes, but their very value as people made in the image of God. If this does not concern us, what will?<ref name="Stetzer2017"/>}}

A 12-part television documentary series, ''Secrets of Playboy'', debuted on [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] January 24, 2022, in which Hefner's former male and female employees and partners made claims of systematic sexual misconduct and manipulation, recreational and manipulative drug use, [[Bandwagon effect|peer pressure]], [[sextortion]], blackmail, rape, forced and violent [[sodomy|anal sex]], [[sexual assault]] without [[sexual consent|consent]] and/or while victims were in a state of drug-induced stupor or unconsciousness, spying, videotaping without consent, and [[statutory rape|illegal sex with minors]] by Hefner and his celebrity friends and guests at the Playboy Mansion and other locations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lowry|first=Brian|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/24/entertainment/secrets-of-playboy-review/index.html|title='Secrets of Playboy' pulls back the curtain on the dark side of Hugh Hefner's empire|work=[[CNN]] |date=January 24, 2022|access-date=January 25, 2022|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125024926/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/24/entertainment/secrets-of-playboy-review/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[PLBY Group|PLBY group]], now publicly owned, distanced itself from Hefner in a statement released shortly before the first episode was broadcast, saying, "Today's Playboy is not Hugh Hefner's Playboy. We trust and validate these women and their stories and we strongly support those individuals who have come forward to share their experiences."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ensor|first=Jodie|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/01/24/playboy-backs-bunnies-disturbing-hugh-hefner-allegations-emerge/|title=Playboy distances itself from Hugh Hefner as Bunnies describe culture of druggings and abuse|work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=January 25, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124214658/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/01/24/playboy-backs-bunnies-disturbing-hugh-hefner-allegations-emerge/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2024, Hefner's widow Crystal, who previously brushed away criticism, wrote a memoir where she alleged she experienced a hostile environment while at the [[Playboy Mansion]], even claiming that she was "imprisoned" while there.<ref name=memoirandinterview>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/28/crystal-hefner-interview-playboy-mansion-hugh-hefner-wife-only-say-good-things|title='I had to play mind games to survive': Crystal Hefner on life in the Playboy Mansion|first=Eva|last=Wiseman|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 29, 2024|access-date=February 3, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203062548/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/28/crystal-hefner-interview-playboy-mansion-hugh-hefner-wife-only-say-good-things|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1 = Kaplan | first1 = Ilana | title = A Former Bunny Puts the Mansion Far Behind Her | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/style/crystal-hefner-playboy-only-say-good-things.html | access-date = February 3, 2024 | work = The New York Times | date = January 18, 2024 | page = D4 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = February 1, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240201141202/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/style/crystal-hefner-playboy-only-say-good-things.html | url-status = live }}</ref>