Picture poll

January 09, 2011

Picture poll

The results are in from my latest poll, which asked readers which of the pictures at the top of this blog was their favourite. It turns out that the two pictures which i like best also came out top in the votes: picture 3 and picture 4, which scored more than double the number of votes received by pictures 1, 2 or 5.

To me each of the pictures shows a different character, a different side to the 1950s housewife. Picture 1 shows a lady who has made a great effort to look nice, with her hair, make-up and clothes carefully chosen to be pleasing to a man. She is also sitting in a way designed to be sexy, but her face is rather serious and she also looks a bit nervous or unsure, so perhaps she is doing her duty to be sexy without having her heart in it.

Picture 2 again shows a lady who is making an effort to look good and be sexy, but this one appears to be a lot more confident. She is smiling, she seems happy with her role, she is almost teasing the man to 'come and get her' by starting to undo the lacing on the back of her dress.

Picture 3 shows a lady wearing a very different style of clothes, much plainer and presumably designed to do housework in. Yet underneath we see that she is wearing sexy stockings, and she has still done her hair and make-up very carefully despite the fact that she is only going to be doing the hoovering. i like this picture because it shows the 'innocence' of the lady, the 'oh dear me, look what's accidently happened and i'm showing my underwear' pose. It gives the impression that she is a good girl, but at the same time she is ready and willing to please a man should he happen upon her in that state.

Picture 4 also shows a lady doing the housework, but this one has chosen to dress in a much more overtly sexy manner, wearing only a very short sheer apron with no hint of underwear beneath. Like the lady in picture 2 she seems happy and confident, quietly teasing the man with glimpses of her beauty and ready and willing to please her man when he requires it. i also like the contrast between her appearance (with high heels and everything!) and the rather mundane sweeping job she is doing without complaint.

Picture 5 is probably my least favourite, i think because it doesn't show the lady being enticing or sexy for the man. Yes she is taking good care of herself and her grooming routines, but she seems very insular and almost like she is doing it for her own benefit, whereas i like to think of my body as being kept in good shape for Sir's benefit. So that's probably why i don't like that picture so much, though it's still a nice one to look at with a hint of her titties peeping out the top of the towel.

As i've said before, there's something about the 1950s era that really appeals to me, though i do realise that it was a tough time to live through. Attitudes and roles just seemed simpler in those days, and i feel like i would have been able to be myself more openly without worrying about other people's reactions. Please leave comments about your views on these pictures or links to any other 1950s pictures you also like - thanks!