Letters to the Editor
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Sexual maturity in youth is like stargazing in daylight
The thing that bothers me the most about this replication of Monroe's photo shoot is that it highlights the perception that mature women are not considered sexy by this society. Monroe was 36 at the time of the original photo shoot. Lohan is 21. Also, the original Monroe pictures show a voluptuous adult aware of and apparently enjoying the effect her that sexual magnetism was having on the observer. Lohan appears to be a child - underweight, unhappy and aping a grown up being sexy. There is a reason that mature women are innately sexier than girls - sexual power is more mental than physical and young adults just don't have the experience to exert that kind of power. To view feminism through a sexual,rather than occupational lens, these photos pinpoint precisely the feminist territory that has been lost since Monroe's death. The sexual power of mature women is more threatening now than then.