Sex Symbols


Sex Symbols

See Beauty, Sensual; Buxomness.Conraddazzling, sexually irresistible pirate, typical Byronic hero. [Br. Lit.: Byron The Corsair in Benét, 226]Lace, Miss 1940sarmed forces’ pin-up girl from comic strip. [Comics: “Male Call” in Horn, 475]Pettygirl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.]“10”fantasy of the ideal female sex object. [Am. Cinema: “10”]Vargasgirl originally appeared in Esquire, later in Playboy; created by Alberto Vargas. [Am. Art: Vargas]