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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MAY 10, 1985
Hefner's mansion [ in L.A.'s Holmby Hills area], modeled after a
16th-century Gothic castle in England, lacks for little.
An
opulent, six-acre fantasy-land of botanical beauty, creature com
forts and human amusements, it is like some throwback to another
era when the rich did not hesitate to flaunt their wealth••••
Scattered within are swimming pools, tennis courts, saunas, movie
screens•••• Flamingos and peacocks stroll the grounds, •••monkeys
and brightly feathered birds screech from treetops in the large
private zoo Hefner has assembled for his personal pleasure.
A fleet of uniformed butlers stands silently at the ready to re
spond to the touch of "butler boxes" scattered all over the house
and grounds. The kitchen and bars operate on a 24-hour basis. A
staff of 60 is required to maintain all this splendor••••
Of all the words in the English language, Hugh Hefner's favorite
seems to be moral. He seems almost obsessed with having people
believe it when he says, as he repeatedly does: "The publisher of
PLAYBOY magazine is essentially a very moral man. I have often
said I am the most moral millionaire I know••••"
Hefner once even primly announced that, although he had had in
tercourse with "hundreds if not thousands" of women, "I have
never gotten anybody pregnant. No abortions in my whole life."
And, despite the number of Hefner's sex partners, he makes the
"moral distinction" of having a "primary romantic relationship,
usually one that lasts for several years" with only one woman at
a time.
It is important to Hefner that you understand that he has thought
about these "moral questions" practically from the cradle on.
[He was] born in Chicago on April 9, 1926••.• His parents, devout
Methodists, were "wonderful people" but "terribly repressed sexu
ally•••uncomfortable with touching and kissing••.•typical of
their generation and that era." And so, young Hefner grew up, he
says, questioning the "hurtful" aspects first of religion, then
of sex••••
Second, as a college student, Hefner says he was indelibly im
pressed by the famous Kinsey reports on American sexual behavior
and did a term paper on it, urging that repressive sex laws be
scrapped as unrealistic.
One impact of the sexual revolution that Hefner and others helped bring
about was discussed in the April 13, 1985 issue of the LOS ANGELES HERALD
EXAMINER in the article "Only 20% of American Women Delay Sex Until Mar
riage, Study Finds":
Only about one American woman in five waits until marriage to be
gin sexual activity, according to government statistics disclosed
yesterday. This was a decline from an earlier figure of nearly
half who postponed sexual intercourse, a survey said.
The decline, which appeared to occur most sharply between 1965-69
and 1970-74, was reported as part of the National Survey of Fami
ly Growth, a study of childbearing, contraceptive practices and
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