Hefner was great to point out the double standard and hypocrisy of the feminism movement way before many here were born.
He created Playboy at the time the sexual revolution and the feminism movement started to kick in, while feminism were celebrating the invention of the pill that allowed them to have sex by lowering the risk of pregnancy, but they were mad at Hefner for enjoying and making other men to enjoy this.
Guy started smoking his pipe right there.
Part of the appeal of Playboy, was he did not selected professionals women for his magazine, there were not models, they were everyday women, he said on a interview he wanted Playboy to be a girl next door magazine of girls, one of the first women in the cover was his secretary, some were receptionist, nurses, teachers, waitress, women men encounter in their daily life, Hefner knew this, because most men don't walk into an actress or models all the time.
He pushed every boundaries he could, because as much as he triggered the feminism, he triggered the Christians.
The guy did everything on the list of what men only dream of, the guy even did twins.
Hefner was the person that let the world know women love attention, they love men look at them and fantasy about them, while now you have every single female with a smartphone with camera and posting pictures all over Instagram for men around the world to like and fallow, Playboy was doing that with just printed paper. He built an empire by revealing women true nature for attention. Deep down this is why feminists hated him.
Revealing the true nature of women, just like the many on this forum and the mansphere does now.