The Web is making it more difficult for politicians to restrict media content, including sexual content, Hefner said. The bits and bytes don't stop at the borders. What legislators can do, she said, is insist on available, affordable technology so that parents can control what their children see. Hefner likened Playboy's photographs to those of Robert Mapplethorpe. A student asked Hefner whether she considers herself a feminist and what effects she believes Playboy's products have on women's issues.
Men like to look at women.
Women like to look at men. Gay guys like to look at gay guys. Roger Boye, assistant dean and director of Medill's undergraduate program, asked Hefner whether she was surprised by the ongoing uproar over controversial statements made by Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in a Playboy interview. It didn't surprise me that it would make news.