Kierci
12-09-2005, 02:22 AM
Excerpts from My Husband Betty
Excerpts…
Chapter One - Introduction
A sexy young wife misses her husband so much she opens the closet and puts on one of his shirts. Turning the collar toward her cheek, she inhales his smell deeply. Her tan legs contrast nicely with the stiff white shirt, and her long hair falls over its starched collar. She gingerly steps toward the full-length mirror, sensually burying her toes in a white rug and holding yet another of his shirts, this one still on a hanger. She smiles. She spins. She collapses on the bed wearing one shirt and clutching the other, and the camera slyly gives us a glimpse of her upper thigh.
It could be an ad for sheets, cotton, or cologne. It could be the beginning of a porn film. In any case, it does not seem sexually-deviant. We decide that the woman is missing her husband or boyfriend – wherever he is – and never consider the fact that she might be enjoying the clothes for the power they imply. It never crosses our minds that she could be single and trying these clothes on secretly just for a thrill. We give the whole scenario meaning even when we are given nothing more than the images.
Now picture: a sexy young husband misses his wife so much he opens the closet and puts on one of her silk dressing gowns. He turns the lace collar to his cheek and inhales her smell deeply. Taking a translucent slip out of her drawer he walks to the full-length mirror, where he presses it against himself, looks into the mirror wistfully and collapses on the bed – wearing one negligee and clutching the other. The camera slyly gives us a glimpse of his upper thigh.
It would never happen. No advertising company would ever use it. The only chance we’d have of seeing such an image is if it were played for laughs, a skit on Saturday Night Live featuring the late Chris Farley. It certainly wouldn’t be sexy.
Why is the woman in a man’s shirt never a joke? Because she is sexy. We agree as a culture that women are sexy, and that they love men. It’s okay for a woman to roll around in her husband’s clothes because we understand she does so only because she misses him, loves him.
Even if the man in the ad were a handsome young man, a million objections instantly spring to mind. We would assume he was gay. We would assume he was a pervert.
Excerpts…
Chapter One - Introduction
A sexy young wife misses her husband so much she opens the closet and puts on one of his shirts. Turning the collar toward her cheek, she inhales his smell deeply. Her tan legs contrast nicely with the stiff white shirt, and her long hair falls over its starched collar. She gingerly steps toward the full-length mirror, sensually burying her toes in a white rug and holding yet another of his shirts, this one still on a hanger. She smiles. She spins. She collapses on the bed wearing one shirt and clutching the other, and the camera slyly gives us a glimpse of her upper thigh.
It could be an ad for sheets, cotton, or cologne. It could be the beginning of a porn film. In any case, it does not seem sexually-deviant. We decide that the woman is missing her husband or boyfriend – wherever he is – and never consider the fact that she might be enjoying the clothes for the power they imply. It never crosses our minds that she could be single and trying these clothes on secretly just for a thrill. We give the whole scenario meaning even when we are given nothing more than the images.
Now picture: a sexy young husband misses his wife so much he opens the closet and puts on one of her silk dressing gowns. He turns the lace collar to his cheek and inhales her smell deeply. Taking a translucent slip out of her drawer he walks to the full-length mirror, where he presses it against himself, looks into the mirror wistfully and collapses on the bed – wearing one negligee and clutching the other. The camera slyly gives us a glimpse of his upper thigh.
It would never happen. No advertising company would ever use it. The only chance we’d have of seeing such an image is if it were played for laughs, a skit on Saturday Night Live featuring the late Chris Farley. It certainly wouldn’t be sexy.
Why is the woman in a man’s shirt never a joke? Because she is sexy. We agree as a culture that women are sexy, and that they love men. It’s okay for a woman to roll around in her husband’s clothes because we understand she does so only because she misses him, loves him.
Even if the man in the ad were a handsome young man, a million objections instantly spring to mind. We would assume he was gay. We would assume he was a pervert.