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Word: woman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Klemesrud, who says that the women's movement has "come so far" that women can go back to being "the traditional woman." Whatever that is supposed to mean...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...much the picture of Patti Hensen, hands on hips and bust wrapped in tight purple satin ("The next poster queen"), that might startle serious readers of the traditionally male-oriented magazine. Rather it is the stupidly stated fact this is "The year of the Lusty Woman--It's all right to be a sex object again...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

Unfortunately, Esquire's decision to exploit the year of the lusty woman ventures further than the cover. For anyone who wants to look deeper, this past week features three centerfold babes who are billed as the strongest competitors in Esquire's search to find the "Next Poster Queen." "Who will she be?" Who cares? "You, America, be the judge...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...cause to fight for. Women realized they no longer had to totter around in spike heels and in pants so tight they couldn't breathe--they realized they did not wish to be "desired" by men as sexually attractive beings. And don't forget the hotpants craze, which every woman, fat or thin, squeezed themselves into...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

Women are looking sexier these days because there's a lot of competition on the streets with all those women going into the workforce," Klemesrud quotes Mable Morgan, author of The Total Woman. Morgan adds, "They know they have to look good--they're out there in the open. Sex is one of those driving forces that must be taken into account." The argument is as old as the hills, if not older. Women have always tried to use their sex as a driving force to con men into paying some sort of attention to them. It would indeed...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

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