Summary: The Playmate and the Rabbi

In recent news, Pamela Anderson has teamed up with one of America's more controversial Rabbis in order to fight internet porn. Anderson, a former playboy bunny, has received criticism for her recent public stance against filmed sexual intercourse, having herself once posed nude for public viewing. In fairness, I do agree with Anderson in the sense that posing nude in Playboy and filming sex and distributing it on the internet are two different animals. Playboy magazine has more to offer than nude women, such as informative articles, cultural dimorphism, and other artistic gifts. Let's face it, people are not watching internet porn to see how to pay for a pizza or how to fix a leaky pipe. This argument from Anderson makes sense to me, but I refuse to believe that the morality of the art is her true motive. In December 2015, Playboy published it's last issue featuring naked women. Now, only 10 months later, the same magazine is seemingly using one of their most famous models as a medium to convey the dangers of pornography to its audience. It seems fishy to me. As it turns out, Playboy actually acquires a good deal of its revenue from the internet. In addition to Playboy.com, the bunny logo is spread all over the internet, and not for cheap, eventually totaling around $60 million per year. One place you will never find a playboy logo is on a porn website. Playboy has and always view itself as a classy image that should be respected among the masses. Internet porn is definitely frowned upon by most people. However, now that Playboy is not featuring nude women, one major outlet many might turn to behind closed doors could be internet porn. By speaking out against the industry, Anderson is likely trying to keep the more provocatively interested subscribers loyal to Playboy instead of turning to internet porn. Since the magazine has decided against nudity, the only way to retain those members without appearing weak and going back on their word is to make them think the alternatives are no better. That is what I believe Anderson is trying to accomplish by teaming up with the Rabbi.