A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

To the mind of the modern girl, legs, like busts, are power points which she had been taught to tailor, but as parts of the success kit rather than erotically or sensuously. She swings her legs from the hip with masculine drive and confidence. She knows that “a long-legged gal can go places.” As such, her legs are not intimately associated with her taste or with her unique self but are merely display objects like the grill work on a car. They are date-baited power levers for the management of the male audience.
The Mechanical Bride, (1951), p 98
Year: 1951
Chapter: Body
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