Sex-symbol

Where they found are?

Cinema

The industry of the Cinéma played an important part in the arrival of the sex-symbols. It spread in the world the images of beautiful people, especially during the time of the Silent film, being thus released from the Barrière of the language. It seems that it first sex-symbol is the Danish actress Asta Nielsen during the years 1910 and the years 1920. Also, Theda Bara, Torah Hird and Pola Negri, famous for their roles of Vamp S, also played this part. Rudolph Valentino is the first known male sex-symbol.

A little later always created by cinema industry, will follow Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot.

Music

August 1st

Idols of teenagers

Several idols of teenagers are also sex-symbols. In particular, the groups of music only made up of boys are perceived like such by their admirors. Often, they concentrate on one of the members of the group, but they frequently associate, by effect edge, the whole group with a sex-symbol. There is often a cleavage between the “traditional” sex-symbol and the idol of teenagers.

Another significance

This term can also return to the Glyphe S which represent the biological sex of an living being: ♀ (for the Female S) and ♂ (for the male S).

See too

External bonds

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