Innumeracy

In some crucial way, then, Playboy gave what was previously considered pornography a kind of dignity. It was a deeply limiting, dingbat dignity, to be sure, but to allow the mid-century American woman any identity beyond that of mother, virgin, or whore increased her available social options by 25 percent.

Or, you know, 33%.

Sigh.

From an otherwise decent review of a new book about Playboy and its role in America's postwar cultural shifts.