In the past, access to pornography was done differently, after all, the internet did not exist, and porn magazines were a tremendous success. Everything has changed and nowadays vintage porn magazines are true relics, and we remember them with a certain nostalgia.
Vintage Porn Magazines
The imaginary explored by pornography it was already part of conventional culture. Half-naked models in newspaper advertisements and magazine have become standard. It was just a step forward for everything to become more interesting.
Some magazines are quite general in their variety of illustrations, while others can be more specific and focus on particular activities, fetishes, sexual fantasies, and striptease rehearsals or parts of anatomy.
Adult magazines are mostly aimed at men, as men make up the vast majority of the market, but many women are also big readers of these magazines. Here are some vintage porn magazines to remember
Men Only / Vintage Porn Magazines
It is a British soft-core pornographic magazine published by Paul Raymond Publications since 1971. However, the title dates back to 1935 when it was founded by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd as a paperback magazine (115 × 165 mm). He set his editorial tent in the first issue: ‘We don’t want female readers. We won’t have female readers… ‘Sought’ brilliant articles on current men’s topics.
Humor was at the heart of the title, although from the beginning it contained fiction, miscellaneous articles and artistic nudes. The covers were initially text-only, then carried caricatures of famous people and photographs in the late 1950s. He published color illustrations of models by artists such as Dickens and Vargas (as published in Esquire in the US), on a page called ‘Let’s Join the Ladies’.
Sir! / Vintage Porn Magazines
Magazine For Males was a popular monthly magazine that featured true and fiction stories, health tips, sports and, of course, pin-ups.
Hustler / Vintage Porn Magazines
It is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at heterosexual males published in the United States. It was founded by Larry Flynt. The first publication of Hustler It was in July 1974.
The magazine emerged from Hustler Newsletter it’s yes The Hustler for Today’s Man which was an advertisement for Flynt’s strip club at the time.
Penthouse / Vintage Porn Magazines
It is a pornographic magazine aimed at a male audience founded by Bob Guccione, it combines articles about the urban lifestyle and erotic photo shoots softcore that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. the magazine was founded in the United Kingdom in 1965, but went on sale in the United States in September 1969.
Until 1974, the representation of the female genitalia offered vague portraits of the privy parts, without the labia minora parted, after which clearer panoramas of the vulva began to be shown. Simulated sex, but without penetration or male genitalia, followed many years later, male genitalia, including erections.
Playboy / Vintage Porn Magazines
It was an erotic entertainment magazine aimed at a male audience. It was founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner. The first North American edition had actress Marilyn Monroe on the cover, curiously being taken to newsstands without a number on the cover of the edition, as its creator was not sure of its continuation. At the time of its launch, the magazine stood out as a pioneer in the exhibition of photographs of nude women.
Every month, Playboy magazine presented its readers with a main star: the cover of the magazine, the playmate of the month, as well as an interview and reports on various subjects from the male universe. The symbol of Playboy is a rabbit, because according to Hefner the rabbit is like the animal world playboybecause it is a sophisticated animal.
Rapier Magazine / Vintage Porn Magazines
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Curiosities
In 1970, Playboy began publishing in Braille. The magazine’s sales increased significantly in 1960, along with the sexual revolution in the US. As a consequence, the publication reinforced its cultural role in American society. To counter the wave of conservatism sweeping the country, Hefner began to promote sexual freedom.
Behold, the owner of Playboy noticed that the magazine was not accessible to everyone. And so came the idea of creating a second version of the magazine for the visually impaired. The publication was printed by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped – as it was funded by the national budget, it did not cost the brand. Unlike the original version, this one was put into circulation on brown paper and the cover only had the notorious bunny logo.
But anyone who thinks that erotic representations come from recent times is very wrong, as the Papyrus of Turin (1292-1075 BC) is the oldest known pornography.
It is preserved at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. The 3000 year old Papyrus has explicit images even for our time. For years, it was hidden away in a library with restricted access by appointment only and for men. And it was only published in 1973.
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