Monday, June 14, 2010

Overcoat Theory

For some reason I was thinking about something you see in movies and on TV occassionally. A woman shows up at a guy's door in an overcoat and she's nude underneath. The reason is obvious and 9 times out of 10 the offer is accepted. I don't know if this happens a lot or is it just one of those movie things. But I must say it could only be pulled off by women.

What is the inverse of this paradigm? A man in an overcoat is a flasher. It's a funny or gross thing. Nothing really sexy about it.

And if you think about the logistics of the whole thing (so to speak) it works for women because they are women. A woman can wear an overcoat with a short skirt and heels and no one automatically assumes she is nude underneath. The shoe option is important. Now if a man has bare legs below the coat and sneakers or dress shoes then something is weird... If he goes to the trouble to cut pant legs off and secure them to his legs via rubber bands so that he looks like he is wearing pants, he's a flasher.

And there's a difference in anatomy, obviously. A nude woman doesn't have to do anything. She's awesome as is. A man has the option to be flaccid, (which would not be at all impressive) or self fluff. Which just makes him a wanker in the dark standing on a doorstep. And that could be embarrassing if the woman goes outside to get the mail. Or lives in an apartment complex. Neighbors walking their dogs would call the police.

I don't know. It's just something that went thru my head. Scary how my brain works sometimes...

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