Playboy tries to save face

Playboy tries to save face...; *****************************************************; Playboy to Support Women's Rights Campaign; Updated 7:57 AM ET April 24, 2000; By Roxana Dascalu
: BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A controversy over an item in the Romanian edition of; Playboy magazine has helped local rights groups score precious points in; their campaign to denounce violence against women in this macho Balkan; country.; Playboy's Chicago-based editors apologized to Romanian women for a story; titled "How to Beat Your Wife Without Leaving Marks." Local editors say they; printed the story in April's issue of the magazine as an April Fools' Day; joke.
: "We got apologies from Playboy, plus promises that they will print stories; to educate Romanian men against violence at home," local rights activist; Oana Popa told Reuters on Monday.; "Playboy also promised to fund shelters for battered women, and for our; projects to combat domestic violence," added Popa, head of the local chapter; of the U.S. Fulbright Foundation.; Popa said local rights groups would protest later on Monday outside; parliament in central Bucharest to draw public attention to the issue of; domestic violence.; Organizers have also invited the editors of Romanian Playboy to join the; protest.
: The editors of the Romanian version of FHM (For Him Magazine), which will be; launched by the VNU-Hearst group later this week, also said they would join; Monday's demonstration.; According to local experts, Romania leads Balkan statistics for domestic; violence against women, who have little legal protection in the ex-communist; country.; Christine Hefner, chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises Inc., apologized; for the story in the Romanian edition, which had a fictitious policeman give; blow-by-blow instructions to Romanian husbands on how to beat their wives; without leaving marks.; Local rights groups said those instructions were redolent of the methods; used by the communist-era Securitate secret police to beat up dissenters.; "This article flies in the face of Playboy's 46-year history of strongly; opposing any visual or editorial depiction of violence toward women," Hefner; said in a letter to Romanian rights groups, a copy of which was obtained by; Reuters.; "We do not condone it and will not tolerate it. The editor has been; reprimanded and we apologize in the strongest terms to Romanian women for; any anguish this ill-conceived 'satire' may have caused," she said.; "Playboy Romania is a relatively new international edition...and it is; likely that its local editor did not thoroughly grasp the harm such an; article could cause. This, however, does not excuse his profound lapse in; judgement."
: *******************************************************; >Playboy. Romania, April 2000, Anul 2, No. 4; >; >How to beat your wife... without leaving prints.; >; >1. Here is one of the modern man's problems! Most men have felt the natural; impulse to pommel his wife's face, but even more men wonder what they will; do if she goes to the Medico-Legal Institute. Certificate, trial, divorce,; what else? Nasty! So, upon the request of an increasing number of readers,; we asked for the advice of a specialist in the field: N.C.O. Gabor.; >; >2. As a surgeon, you have to weigh each move. You have to be confident and; determined. You have decided to beat her up, then do it. Why? She knows why.; Firstly, you stare at one piece of wife. It's best to get to her hair. Then; you stick your hands in her hair. Necessary tools: a policeman's beating; stick. If you do not have one, improvise. Suggestions: a pot stick, a; washing-machine driving belt etc.; >; >3. If you hold her well by her hair, the job is almost done; as she cannot; escape. Still, the operation is not over. You take a (kitchen) chopper that; will be applied slowly to the wife's livers. Once the chopper is fixed; there, you only have to hit her with the stick. Hard and with a proletarian; hatred; and most important: without fear! If you are afraid, you'd better; quit. Take up knitting!; >; >4. Hit hard and steady, since you do not know when you have a second; chance. Even if she acts as if she screamed in pain, do not be afraid! It is; just a fake! The important thing is the way you hold the victim. At the; beginning, given that you do not have experience, the girl will escape from; your "claws". In such circumstances, give her a little extra at the end. So; that she is accustomed to it.; >; >5. After the beating, you only have to watch. She will swear like hell and; will threaten you with divorce, court, alimony and all kind of non-sense.; But when she looks around at the deed's place, in search for prints and; bruises that will be good for a trial, surprise!!! Not even a print. The; beating must not last more than 10-15 minutes.; >; >Here is the end. Confronted with such a work of art, the wife will; certainly be impressed. Only experts can beat so awfully nice. On the other; hand, you will notice that the wife sometimes wants to be beaten up again.; As one says in an academic language: "Boy, she is really looking for a; beating, mother fucker!" Good luck and have a harmonious marriage!; _________________________; e-mail: owner-profem-l@coombs.anu.edu.au; web: http://www.xyonline.net/articles.shtml

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(fwd from Chris); This man was featured on the America's Most Wanted television program; tonight in the USA. See below information on how Playboy "unwittingly"; (yeah, right) financed this man's flight from arrest. Check out the AMW; website at www.amw.com for a picture.; ALEXANDER BORODULIN; Rape; Age: 47 (D.O.B. 07-26-52); Sex: Male; Race: White; Height: 5'6"; Weight: 130 lbs; Eye Color: Brown; Hair Color: Brown; Scars: Unknown; Tattoos: Unknown
: Alexander Borodulin is charged with the May 15, 1988 rape of a young; model in Boston, Massachusetts. Borodulin allegedly drugged the girl; while she was posing for him in his photography studio. When she lost; consciousness, Borodulin raped her.
: On January 11, 1989, Borodulin was charged with the rape by a Suffolk; County (Massachusetts) grand jury. When he failed to appear for trial on; September 11, 1989, a warrant was issued for Borodulin's arrest.; Three months after he was charged, Borodulin was hired by Playboy; Magazine in April of 1989 to shoot a pictorial on women in Russia.; Playboy was unaware of Borodulin's fugitive status, and unwittingly; financed his escape from U.S. authorities. Borodulin may be associated; with members of Russian organized crime in the United States and should; be considered dangerous.