Playgirl # 132, May 1984 Magazine

FEATURES
18 PEOPLE: ROB LOWE by Candice Russell
Can a young, cool-mannered patrician find success and happiness when he checks into the Hotel New Hampshire?
42 WHEN YOU LOVE TOO MUCH by Mary Beth Crain
You eat, breathe, live and die for him. Are you just head over heels in love? Not according to the experts.
52 A FIELD GUIDE TO MEN by Julia Runk, Milo Trump and Cheryl Moffitt
In which we introduce some of the more spectacular species that the Sierra Club somehow overlooked.
90 COMPUTER HAZARDS by Sue Horton
The great technological breakthrough was supposed to change our lives for the better. Instead, computers are causing eye strain, stress—and even radiation risks.
33 SPECIAL SECTION: SEX AND THE AMERICAN COUPLE
by Philip Blumstein, Ph.D. and Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.
When 12,000 people are asked about their sex lives, the answers are bound to fascinate—and surprise.
INTERVIEW
26 RICK SPRINGFIELD by Steve Pond
Soapland's cutest ex-doctor finds out that even with the acclaim and the fame, credibility is hard to get. But that's nothing new. Even as a kid he had his image problems.
WARM BODIES
46 FAMILY TIES
In a triple-treat pictorial, Playgirl gives indisputable proof that good looks are relative.
55 JOE DAVIS
Our Man for May is one up and coming actor whose lines we can all appreciate.
64 AWESOME AUSSIES
Come with us to Paradise, also known as the land Down Under. Then get an eyeful of the wonders we found.
111 SNAPSHOTS
Let us make your day a very special one with Mark Gavin, Mike Logan and Michel Biedermann.
FASHION AND BEAUTY
74 SIX SUMMER LOOKS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT by Ann Field
It's never too early to start planning your cool and comfortable dress-ups for the hot days ahead. From Big Country to Rock 'n' Roll, there's.a look for every mood.
FICTION
99 THE POSSIBLE PERFECTION OF DESIRE by Ilene Raymond
She is about to be stood up, jilted, left standing at the altar. So why is this woman smiling?
DEPARTMENTS
3 INSIDE
4 LETTERS
6 ADVICE by Theresa Crenshaw, M.D.
8 HEALTH by Nancy Friedman
8 GROOMING by Ann Field
9 EXERCISE
9 UPDATE
11 QUIZ by Sherry Suib Cohen
14 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES by Laura Meyers
16 GOSSIP by Bette Noire
22 FILM by Molly Haskell
23 MUSIC by Mark Rowland
24 BOOKS by David Thomson
62 STARSCOPE by Elizabeth
81 EROTICA
94 THE ENTERTAINING WOMAN
120 COMING UP