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Well..as promised to my new friend Alessandra, I thought I would stop in and give my props to this thread. (Seeing as I haven't been banned at this forum yet!
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Ale, I even changed my avatar for you as I had the one you are using now!
This thread is quite fascinating! Everything from the stories to the views on what is sexy in a man and Bond....and tips on how not to ruin your heels while driving!!
I have learned to master driving in bare feet for this reason!
Anyway, Wendy I have to compliment you, you kept this thread going with all the oppostion and doubts you had from the first day! You just kept plugging away able to laugh at yourself in the process and proving your critics wrong! It is very nice in the male dominated world of James Bond, to have a feminine thread rich in estrogen to come to to! You have a lot of great male perspectives as well. So keep up the good work!
My male friends find it fascinating that I am such a Bond fan....and I think that women enjoy Bond just as much as men because of the very thing they are trying to change. The character, the glamour, the women, the escapism, the witticisms..it is what has made Bond last for 40 years. I'm just sad they feel the need to tweak the whole formula that made me a fan in the first place.
Having said that..carry on....I too anticipate the next chapter of your story...
Ah Monique, you're such a darling!!
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Welcome to the Babes!
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As you've found, this is a very instructive thread on all Bond themes as viewed by Babes.. plus a little of a girl's view into men and everyday life in general, which doesn't do any bad! Ahem, we're the Baedeker to life for a Bond Babe? lol
Yes, the men finding it fascinating that we're Bond fans. I must say, this may be different here in the country of the sun! (as we call it in Italian!).
I know lots of women who like Bond and men don't find it unusual at all, on the contrary, they give it for granted since the main is Bond... a man all women want to sleep with, and a sex symbol! we have Bond, and they, to make it even, have the Bond girls!
Must be that we're so much into passions of life (ahem.. lol
) that it becomes somewhat more "democratic" when men and women are involved!There are many factors in Bond (aside from the Bond girls themselves) which spell "cherchez la femme" as my French neigbours would say!
The elegance, the style, the wit, the taste for expensive things, and yes, the danger. These are subjects that interest women just as much as men, if not more.
I find it surprising, actually, that the majority of Bond fans is NOT women!
But then again, I guess it really depends on the perspective. There are enterprising women, like Bond girls, who want to be in the women's just as much as in the men's world, and women who just prefer to have a separate world of their own, despite being part of the men's world too.
Which brings me to what Xenia said. YES! Word by word, I put my name down to sign your post! lol
It is so true that Bond is the exact opposite of what some seem to think, in that the girls there are enterprising, capable of holding their own with anyone (men or woman), intelligent, resourceful AND beautiful.. that I cannot express my agreement in full!
And Wendy.. women as sexual objects? well like you, I don't object to being an object at all for some nights, if the man involved is Bond! (or anyone else I'm ok with!)
And because as Bond babes we are perfectly conscious of our power and resources and appeareance, and know how to make good use of it.. we can CHOOSE, as Wendy said, to be a sexual object. It is a choice, not something imposed by Bond. No woman with brains and personality (AND good looks in our case!
can become a sexual object if she doesn't choose to be.As Xenia and Wendy pointed out, the fact that there are so many beautiful women in Bond immediately prompts some other WOMEN to think: ah right, beautiful, they can't also be intelligent and resourceful.
Well.. WRONG!
It's just envy. Envy.. the worst thing in the world in my opinion. And it causes so much damage. And, I'm afraid, a very common prerogative of both men and women. Especially those who, seen they don't have any of the qualities above mentioned, or few of them, think no-one else can possibly have those in spades!
Sad. But since we're BOND BABES and know better.. we let them be sad, and acknowledge that there's a world we're part of which is wonderful to savour till its last bite, and we're not missing on any of it! Including, of course, James Bond.
And including, as Samantha (good quote Wendy!
taught us.... men as a sexual object!Of course women think that too! Why, don't you have this feeling when you see and enjoy some nice buns, or nice byceps, or a washboard stomach? (so ok, if you combine those with a great face, class, charm, and sensitivity, and great acting skills you get Hugh Jackman. But we're talking about sexual objects here, not the perfect man! lol
)On the way we talk about it... well well, it really depends, doesn't it?
I would say that women tend to get into details much further than men do in general, and especially on this sort of subject. But most women will never admit it! yet, Sex and the City should've taught something to men!
To sum it up, Bond is as much of a woman's affair as it is a man's. The reason why we like it is that in Bond world women ARE equals to Bond, in skills, intelligence and dignity. But of course, maintain the prerogatives of women.. so we DO like to be saved by our Prince charming, even if then afterwards we decide to turn him into a mere sexual object!
That's the point.. Bond is half Prince Charming and half sexual object. Bond girls are half princesses and half sexual objects. How can it be more equal than this? It cannot. And well.. talk about a deadly combination here.
Women who have never been Babes have never had a chance to taste life at its fullest.
Or at least, they have missed out on some of its most entertaining parts.
Monique, I am THRILLED to have you here.. and you too Xenia! We're a fine group of Babes here
Ah Lady Rose.. we missed you! I felt relieved reading your post
And Joyce, your conversation with Bryce on the waiter had me ROTFL. Just wanted you guys to know.
