Friday, February 1, 2008

the skinny on lingerie


As a bedroom novelty, lingerie is really pretty impractical.

Sure, it looks good and everything, but most of the cutest items aren't things that you can just wear under normal clothes. Which makes unveiling the lingerie a little difficult, especially if you don't live with your significant other. In that situation, you virtually have no choice but to inform your partner you're changing -- into something you want him to remove ASAP.

And in the end...even with the cutest garter and sexiest pair of fishnets...wouldn't a guy just rather see you naked anyway??

That's why I'm glad to find this article, which concludes women use lingerie to impress each other just as much as their boyfriends. Don't get caught up on lesbian fantasies, guys, the study is supposedly referring to body image. The results:

(Researchers) found that women use lingerie as a means for exploring other sides of their personality in addition to merely looking sexy for their mates. Lingerie essentially provides a means for exploring and defining a social identity.

According to (the) findings, women continually size up each other's undergarments in public spaces to evaluate whether they fall within accepted norms.

OK, I guess that does sound pretty hot.

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