Playboy founder and mogul Hugh Hefner is a polarizing figure in American culture and history. Hefner created the Playboy ...

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"Hugh Hefner was not a feminist or liberator of women as some claim. "Sure, he and his empire challenged prudish norms of the 1950s - according to which women were chaste virgins or caring mothers ...