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Sex symbol

This article is about people. For graphic icons, see gender symbol.
Marilyn Monroe on the front cover of the New York Sunday News magazine (November 1952). The BBC describes her as the "most enduring sex symbol" of Hollywood.[1]

A sex symbol or icon is a person or character widely considered sexually attractive and often synonymous with sexuality.[2]

  1. ^ "BBC World Service – Witness, The Death of Marilyn Monroe". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ Pam Cook, "The trouble with sex: Diana Dors and the Blonde bombshell phenomenon", In: Bruce Babinigton (ed.), British Stars and Stardom: From Alma Taylor to Sean Connery, pp. 169–171. Quote: "– the sex symbol is usually defined in terms of her excessive sexuality"

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