Sexy is more about how you feel than how you look. Real sexy is letting your true self come out of hiding and find love in safe places. That kind of sexy is good, really good, because we all want and need love more than anything else.
My eyes take in the beauty of the Gulf, my lungs take in the freedom of the air, my mouth and stomach accept life from food and drink, my arms gather the love of my children, and my breasts, legs, and hands accept and return the love of my husband.
If something is sexy, it causes sexual arousal in people who are exposed to it or it is designed to emphasize sexual matters. Sexy can be used to describe both other people and objects. A person may describe themselves as sexy if they feel confident and attractive. Something that is more sexually arousing than something else is sexier, and something that is the most arousing is sexiest.
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Intrasexual competition among males of different species, including humans, is well documented. Among females, far less is known. Recent nonexperimental studies suggest that women are intolerant of attractive females and use indirect aggression to derogate potential rivals. In Study 1, an experimental design was used to test the evolutionary-based hypothesis that women would be intolerant of sexy women and would censure those who seem to make sex too readily available. Results provide strong empirical support for intrasexual competition among women. Using independent raters, blind to condition, we found that almost all women were rated as reacting negatively ("bitchy") to an attractive female confederate when she was dressed in a sexually provocative manner. In contrast, when she was dressed conservatively, the same confederate was barely noticed by the participants. In Study 2, an experimental design was used to assess whether the sexy female confederate from Study 1 was viewed as a sexual rival by women. Results indicated that as hypothesized, women did not want to introduce her to their boyfriend, allow him to spend time alone with her, or be friends with her. Findings from both studies are discussed in terms of evolutionary theory.
My wife and I were talking and she had a great point that it is my job to define it and her job to be a healthy example of it. I want to set the correct tone early, and I went back to your book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, but nothing jumped out at me for this specific question.
As she matures and wants to know about sexual activity (which by the way usually happens in second or third grade), then you need to tell her what intercourse is and remind her of your earlier conversation about being sexy.
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The Sexy Lamp Test is a thought experiment that is designed to gauge how relevant a female character is to the plot of a work, in a bid to highlight poor representation and flawed characterisation of women in media.
The test was established by Kelly Sue DeConnick and first achieved wide notice after she mentioned it during an Emerald City Comic Con panel titled "From Victim to Hero".[2] The test specifically referenced and built upon the Bechdel Test, another thought experiment that establishes a bare minimum for how women are portrayed in various media.
The Sexy Lamp Test addresses the ubiquitous and much-despised Strong Female Character trope, in which a female character is "strong" (however this is defined) on paper yet completely lacks agency or relevance to the plot.[4]
DeConnick works in the US comics industry, which is home to a wide variety of sexist behavior,[5] including the Fake Geek Girls incident, cosplay-related and other convention harassment,[6] and covers so awful they inspired The Hawkeye Initiative. This was during a period of pressure placed on Marvel to make a Black Widow movie as part of the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU); at the time, it was difficult to even find Black Widow merchandise in stores, despite an overwhelming amount of merchandise for the male Avengers.[7] Amidst these events, DeConnick wrote the latest Captain Marvel series, starring Carol Danvers, which was one of the few female-led Marvel comics books at the time.[8] The comic achieved a large following among female fans, to the point where a Carol Danvers movie was added to the MCU lineup.
Interest in the test from comics and fandom circles grew after the ECCC panel. The test was mentioned in several articles in media-related publications.[5][9] DeConnick went on to repeat her statements and elaborate on them during later conventions.[10]
The concept of a post-it note quickly caught on, and this has become a common way of explaining how women who act as information dumps in storylines are still often objects who don't have independent agency and plot relevance beyond the information they provide to a male character.[15][16]
The Bechdel and Sexy Lamp tests measure different elements of female representation - the first measures presence of women and the possibility of relationships between them that don't center on men, while the Sexy Lamp test measures an individual woman's impact on a work.[18] Both are extremely low bars that should be easy to walk over, but some feminists have argued that the Sexy Lamp test should raise more red flags because it shows that a woman in the work has been completely objectified.
If something passes the Bechdel Test: wow great okay
If something does NOT pass the Bechdel Test: don't freak out - the test is inherently flawed and only takes into consideration a very select and narrow group of variables
If something passes the Sexy Lamp Test: wow great okay
If something does NOT pass the Sexy Lamp Test: freak out because that means the story still would have made sense if that particular female character had been replaced by a sexy lamp and that's hella fuckin' sad
Tags: *shouts at top of lungs* THE BECHDEL TEST IS NOT THE BE-ALL END-ALL THING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A WRITTEN OR PERFORMED WORK IS INHERENTLY SEXIST[19]
Yet other feminists find it more alarming that a simple conversation between two women fails to appear in so many media, since this doesn't reflect real life by objective measures. In discussing how The Avengers (2012) passes the Sexy Lamp test but not the Bechdel Test, scifigrl47 explained:
I agree with the purpose of the women in the Avengers, but seriously. Women are HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH. During the course of any given movie, you will have a hundred conversations between men, and yes, conversations between men and women.
Failing the Bechdel test points out a fundamental flaw in how movies are structured, how popular media is structured where the default is male (and likely white/straight male) and anything else is an actual statistical freak of nature. When in fact, guess what?
Tags: rawr lazy writing when it's so easy to fix really seriously just make the goddamn SHIELD tech that updates Maria about the status of the engine a woman AND POOF You've passed the easiest test since that vision test in grade school the apple is on the table FINE CAN WE JUST IGNORE HOW STUPID IT IS THAT SCREENWRITERS SCREW THIS UP?[20]
The Mako Mori Test measures similar elements to the Sexy Lamp test (an individual woman's relevance to the plot of a work). The Mako Mori test is somewhat more rigorous, requiring a woman not simply to contribute to the plot but to have her own character arc that doesn't exist to support a man's.
Many fans have concluded that no single test can measure the quality of female representation in a work; tests should be used together as part of an overall assessment of media in general and a specific work.[22]
Most tests call attention to significant problems of portrayal in the media they're designed around, generally with the goal being to encourage creators to think about their decisions in their future works.[24][5]
Halloween is the time to let loose! Check out our selection of sexy Halloween costumes for 2024. Remember, this holiday is for everyone - especially all you thrill seekers! Look for Yandy's adult Halloween costumes, too and let your hair down!
This sexy creature of unnatural origins was an illusion designed by Fig Faeth to lure out and seduce Edgar the rat. It has a wet, very pointy nose with really, really long whiskers that curl like Farrah Fawcett hair. Its ears are so perfectly circular, and its tail is super long. Its front paws are super skinny but the back paws are deliciously meaty.
The Sexy Rat first appeared in episode seven of Fantasy High, acting as bait. The first incarnation of the rat was very short-lived, only ever managing to flounce around Cravencroft, winking at gargoyles and teasing acorns, before one of the owls hunting Edgar attacked and, tragically, ended its life.
Fig summoned a second variation of the Sexy Rat to act as a lantern of sorts so the Bad Kids could talk with Sylvester in Cravencroft. However, at the request of Ally, the rat was touching its six nipples and also pregnant.
While the illusory rat doesn't appear again in this episode, Kristen does say that she finds another Sexy Rat in Zayn Darkshadow's apartment with Fig commenting that it isn't one of her illusions and "is just sexy on its own."
Fortunately, the sexy rat was brought back in some form as an illusion in the Forest of the Nightmare King. It resides in a cave that Fabian hides in during his escape from what appears to be an illusion of Chungledown Bim, and it comforts Fabian before revealing itself with a lit match to be a human sized rat with lipstick, thick thighs and chandelier-layer hair. It is also now capable of human speech. This causes Fabian to flee in terror as it gives chase.
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