Magazines: Penthouse v. Playboy

Dear Penthouse: I have been going steady with Playboy ever since it came out in 1953. And I want you to understand right off that we've had a lot of fun together. Like, when we were both young, it was refreshing to find somebody who dreamed about females the way I dreamed about females. What's more, Playboy wasn't interested only in sex. It was the sort of magazine you could read on the Long Island Rail Road because it also published stories by legitimate writers. But lately I have been attracted by your siren song (if full-page newspaper ads...

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