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This is so accurate (I am a longtime hater of low slung jeans). What I find fascinating about the caboose-focus is how women present themselves. When I was younger, all the sexy-pics were boob and leg focused. If a girl was trying to pose sexy, she'd be leaning forward and cooing over her smushed up cleavage. Bums tended not to be the focus, and were always shot to seem smaller, angles aimed at lengthening the legs.

Now look at the insta and onlyfans pics and they're overwhelmingly focused on the girl's backside, often shot from a low angle to seem as big as possible.

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I’m really enjoying UC and will buy the book. I was just thinking about TV series based on “sex and shopping” of Judith Krantz and Shirley Conran’s Lace and thought that is a topic on which I would like to read your thoughts.

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Sex and shopping novels.

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As a post-menopausal woman, I am fairly invisible (except to my husband, who thinks I am sexy as hell, and he’s not too shabby himself) I have never seen the attraction of cosmetic surgery and I haven’t had my hair coloured for well over two years - not because of lockdown hair, but I genuinely want my natural colour back. I have facials but that’s my treat for self-care, not to keep my skin looking young for anyone else’s pleasure. I am, however, very happy with the introduction of Lycra into jeans which make them a whole lot more stretchy and comfy. At my age, I really dress for comfort. Thank you for this. Just shows how dominant the male gaze really is and how we are manipulated into thinking going to extremes to make ourselves attractive is so normalised.

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