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My Folks Were Raised Pure Prohibitionist. They Were Very Good People, With High Moral Standards - But Very Repressed. There Was No Hugging And Kissing In My Home.

My Best Pick-up Line Is "my Name Is Hugh Hefner."

I Was Raised In A Typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist Home And There Was A Lot Of Hurt And Hypocrisy In Those Times. And I Think That Whatever Part Playboy Played And That I Managed To Play In Terms Of The Sexual Revolution Came Out Of What I Saw In The Negative Part Of That Life And Tried To Change Things In Some Positive Way So That People Could Choose Alternate Personal Ways Of Living Their Lives.

I Was Very Influenced By The Musicals And Romantic Comedies Of The 1930s. I Admired Gene Harlow And Such, Which Probably Explains Why, Since The End Of My Marriage, I've Dated Nothing But A Succession Of Blondes.

Americans Are Fascinated By Our Sexuality And Frightened By It. And During The Reagan And Bush Era You Got An Entire Decade Of Anti-sex Government. Sex Is Not The Enemy. It Is The Beginning Of Civilization, Family And Tribe. Sex Can Be Twisted And Exploited, But In Its Most Essential Form, It's The Best Part Of Who We Are. And It Frightens Us.