Hefner's Vision of Manhood

One of Hefner's big major innovation was the concept of the bachelor pad, which is just your place as a dude to bring women to and filled with things that you have acquired for money. If you don't have a family and a wife, you can have like nice furniture and nice liquor and stereo systems and stuff. So it's not just like you're independent of, you know, you're a complete person without having a family and being a Breadwinner. It's whatever you're expressing. You're expressing your masculinity through active participation and capitalism.