Why do some women pose for Playboy etc..Is it just temptation of the money?

I do some photography on the side.

Many women simply don't have the hang ups about nudity that many Americans do and enjoy having themselves portrayed in a glamorous way.

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It partly depends on the magazine. Playboy is internationally renowned and many many women would feel priviliged to pose. If they can parade their genitalia before a beautician for a wax and not blink an eyelid, they would do the same for Playboy.

In addition to the money, there is probably a certain excitement attached to it.

I think it is due to the fact "straight" women are not really straight. So, sexual attraction doesn't have a predominant role in mating. As a matter of fact, they would be dating other women if sexual attraction had the same "weight" it has for gay women as well as gay and straight men given the fact "straight"· women possess a homosexual perceptive bias regarding sexual attractiveness and consider, therefore, the female body more aesthetically pleasant/sexier/easier on the eye/more interesting/etc. IMO, "straight" women represent the worst of the worst when it comes to romance (selfish, homosexual leaning but irrationally self defined as "heterosexual", hypocritical, emotionally distant, sexually indifferent) and we need to realize straight men got the shortest end of the stick regarding sexual orientation.

I personally wouldn't. Even if I weren't religious, I just think that Playboy is a nasty business. I guess some women do it for money, to have guys lust over them, etc.

Money. Exhibitionism. (Some people are turned on by others being turned on by them.) Fame perhaps as well. There are plenty of good reasons to do it or not to do it, depending on one's beliefs,needs, and urges.