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These women just appear to be submitting themselves and their 50+-year-old bodies into the typical poses that someone else has always deemed to be sexy--laying seductively on beds and pianos, exposing large breasts, sitting with legs wide open, and laying on your back with a sexy kitten expression. And they are doing all of this while talking about how 'sexy' is now less about the body and more about the inner beauty. Ugh!
Sexy is not sitting naked or half-naked in awkward poses. If these women truly wanted to reclaim the word sexy, rather than being photographed in various states of undress in typically "sexy" poses, they would take their own words to heart and celebrate the diverse factors that contribute to any person being deemed sexy. They should be photographed being mothers and friends and wives and colleagues while laughing and talking and dancing and working and shopping and volunteering and mentoring and all the things that make them who they are.
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Sue
3/3/2016 05:43:21 am
I looked for the article you referenced before commenting. Beauty, being sexy ~ is all subjective. Our culture does seem to have a lack of appreciation for women as they age, but I (perhaps naively) think that it's what we feel within that matters most. Often that is what we project. The photos attached to the article were all very provocative (one had to be blurred completely). One was a breast cancer survivor, so it's great that she was left feeling comfortable and good about her body. But, as far as offering a new slant on sexy, I felt the article fell short. If women feel sexy in their underwear that's fine, but that so limiting. Like you, I think it's the whole package ~ still feeling vibrant, excited about life, pursuing passions, caring for self and others, living to the fullest without an expiration or handoff to the next generation. Those are the things I associate with beauty as we mature.
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Linda
3/3/2016 03:35:27 pm
The article I referred to is linked to in the post. I guess I have to make that more obvious when I post in the future. The words that are purple instead of black/grey are words with links attached.
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3/3/2016 03:14:47 pm
I define sexy as exactly what these ladies are doing in the photos. Every once in a person might just want to be sexy. Does that single word define the whole person, nope. But no one word does. I loved these photos, I love the fact these ladies feel so comfortable in their own skins. A photo, like a single word, is just one very tiny, very short moment in our lives.
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Linda
3/3/2016 03:41:30 pm
Thanks for your comments Mary Jane. I understand your point, and understand that for some women, and at some times, physical appearance can define sexy. I just think that as we age, we have a much different, varied and deeper understanding of what sexy means. The physical is part of it, but the visual part of this article focuses only on the physical. I wouldn't have minded so much if there had been one or two like this, but the words in the article have some pretty wise thoughts and opinions from the women, but the photos don't reflect that--they focus only on the physical. It is like a parent saying, do as I say, not as I do.
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Floria Ishida
3/9/2016 11:34:19 pm
I think the problem here is not being sexy as in the photos; it is inappropriate public display. One can be sexy in whatever way one wishes - in private with a partner. 3/3/2016 03:21:58 pm
P.S. regarding the lady with the "enlarged" breasts. I actually think those are the real deal. Didn't think that needed to be called attention to, its like calling the lady with the blonde hair, a bottle blonde. BTW, I love this blog!
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Linda
3/3/2016 03:45:29 pm
You are right. I actually didn't mean enhanced, I meant large. And that was included only because many sites love showing women with giant breasts, so it was meant to show that it just perpetuates what we see every day. I don't care if a women has her breasts enlarged or gets her hair color from a bottle, so putting her down was not my intention. Thanks for pointing that out.
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