Playboy Mansion Partygoer Says It's Not Fair Ladies Don't Have to Pay To Attend 'Leather Meets Lace' Event

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A California man is shocked, absolutely SHOCKED that the Playboy Mansion charged him $1,000 to attend a "Leather Meets Lace" party, while letting the ladies in for a free (or reduced) rate, according to Law360.

He's filed a class action in court, claiming that Playboy Enterprises Inc. is engaging in illegal gender-based pricing. He claims the difference in prices amounted to a violation of California's Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995. (It's not clear if making some women — we're guessing less-desirable females — pay would also count as a kind of gender discrimination).

This isn't the first time that Playboy Enterprises is being sued for discrimination. It seems to go with the territory — and it cuts both directions. Female employees have sued Playboy for age discrimination in the past. And just this year, another man filed a discrimination suit against Playboy for charging men extra to attend its "White Party at the Playboy Mansion."

This suit is not unlike the recent spate of lawsuits against ladies nights. This year the National Coalition For Men won its lawsuit against Ladies Night at the Century Supper Club in Los Angeles. Men were charged up to $20 for entry while women were allowed in for free.

Ladies and gents alike, you don't have to pay a dime to check out what the "Leather Meets Lace" party was like in this YouTube video of the annual event:

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By Emma G. Gallegos in News on October 5, 2011 11:20 AM 0 Comments

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crusher153

hey idiot don't you get the whole playboy thing? it would be a big sausage fest if the women had to pay. i mean really, do you think for one second, the whole playboy mansion is a fantasy for anyone other than a straight man? come on now, i'm suprised hef doesn't pay women to come.

Al Pavangkanan

If you can't afford the $1000 to get in, you probably don't belong there.

Improv Alliance Organization

PRO TIP: These parties are the same sort of pricing you get if you walk up into a nasty sex club in San Francisco. Why? Because if there aren't any ladies at these things...its just a bunch of straight guys standing around with whips clad in leather wondering where the ladies are. So the "hook" is the word "Free"

You see guy who is suing: The guys are paying 1000.00 to the pimp (Hefner) to possibly have a chance with the officially low end hooker who has not paid anything...nor is getting anything outside of a possible disease from the guy who just spent a grand. And lets face it. You did not go there to just have a drink, dance and discuss social reform with Hef for a thousand dollars if you are trodding up to the Playboy Mansion. YOU ARE NOT THERE FOR THE ARTICLES, sir.

Your best bet is to just stop trying to attend these parties and suing and go directly to a hooker who does leather bondage. You are a least one hundred percent sure you are going to get laid for your money.