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Issue: Should Playboy, Penthouse Be Banned at Navy, Marine Stores?

In earlier generations, racy photos became legends, such as WWII-era pin-up shots of Betty Grable in a swimsuit looking over her shoulder.

Originally published 10 a.m. Aug. 1.

Nudie magazines are still for sale on Marine and Navy bases in San Diego County—in the form of Playboy, Penthouse and similar publications. But sales are sparse, as U-T San Diego noted in citing recent receipts.

But anti-pornography forces continue to make war on the sale of such material.

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Patrick Trueman, president of Morality in the Media in Washington, was quoted as saying: “We know of many people who contact us and say that their spouse got addicted to pornography, and some men have written us saying they have gotten addicted to pornography while away on military deployments.”

Skin magazines may not be the biggest factor in the military sex-assault scandal. In fact, the U-T noted: “The Pentagon … said a review board determined that Playboy and Penthouse ... are allowed for sale because they are not sexually explicit based on the ‘totality of each magazine’s content.’”

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In earlier generations, racy photos (for the time) became legends, such as WWII-era pin-up shots of Betty Grable in a swimsuit looking over her shoulder.

Should Playboy and Penthouse be banned from base exchanges?  Or do these relatively tame magazines keep a tradition alive that goes back to Dorothy Lamour?  Share your thoughts in the comments.


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