Figure 4: The Bachelor Dinner, Playboy, June 1956.

Articles such as The Bachelor Dinner visually illustrate the spatial consequences of food practice within the bachelor pad.  The article discusses ways in which sex can be introduced to the stag party: “There may be a few pieces of erotica around, some movies, perhaps, or a girl or two. . . .  It’s like dangling a steak before a bloodhound and then snatching it away” (Playboy, June 1956).  Depicted here is an abundant mixture of sexual and gastronomic pleasures in communal space; a garter, address book, and poster girls are tossed carelessly amongst shared dishes, alcohol, and broken glass.  The disorganization and playful nature of the setting counters idealized images of domestic living and, as such, is identified as male space.