Playgirl February 1986

FEATURES 9 COVER CLOSE-UP: KEVIN BERNHARDT by Thomasine E. Lewis The best thing in scrubs may be the angelic intern from General Hospital. 20 PEOPLE: SEAN PENN by Roberta Smoodin The life and fast times of a master actor who's married to the hottest woman in rock. 26 A ROLL IN THE HAY, EIGHTIES STYLE by Margo Kaufman What's love got to do with women having sex these days? What indeed? 30 LOVE AFTER 30 by Fred Moody Is yesterday's mating dance turning into today's slow shuffle of affection? 86 CONTRACEPTION GONE AWRY by Donna J. Abate The painful truth about "safe and effective" birth control. 16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN by Robert Hilburn How the boss of rock copes with marriage, megasuccess and new days of glory. FASHION 39 AFTER HOURS by Shari Geffen For Valentine Day, wow him in sexy lingerie that promises a night of fantasy. FICTION 90 THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by Anthony Weller The veiled mysteries of the East would be revealed, yes, but all in good time. DEPARTMENTS 2 LETTERS 4 SEX TALK by Dr. Ruth Westheimer 6 QUIZ by Sherry Suib Cohen 8 GOSSIP by Bette Noire WOMAN AT HER BEST 10 TIME-SAVERS 12 STYLE '86 BODY TALK by Henrietta C. Spencer, Ph.D. 14 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES by Laurie H. Hutzler ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 33 MUSIC by Mark Rowland 34 TELEVISION by Bette Noire 35 FILM by Molly Haskell 36 BOOKS by David Thomson 77 READERS' FANTASY FORUM 98 PLAYGIRL FUNNIES 99 STARSCOPE by Elizabeth WARM BODIES 47 DOLPH LUNDGREN The Scandinavian hunk who plays the Russian heavy in America's Rocky IV. 60 APRES-SKI The weather outside is frightful, but these men of the slopes are so delightful. 70 AMERICA'S FAVORITE DJs by Crystal Chow and Sheryl Ingber Twelve of the hottest disc spinners in the country step out from behind the mike. 102 FLASHBACK: STAN KWIAT, ROB AND SCOTT MYETTE Three generations of good-looking guys showed us it was all in the family. CENTERFOLD 51 THOM TADLOCK If you like them blond and Southern-born, check in on our Man for February.