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Sex Symbols

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Sex Symbols
Conrad
dazzling, sexually irresistible pirate, typical Byronic hero. [Br. Lit.: Byron The Corsair in Benét, 226]
Lace, Miss 1940s
armed forces’ pin-up girl from comic strip. [Comics: “Male Call” in Horn, 475]
Petty
girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.]
“10”
fantasy of the ideal female sex object. [Am. Cinema: “10”]
Vargas
girl originally appeared in Esquire, later in Playboy; created by Alberto Vargas. [Am. Art: Vargas]

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Neither Gretzky nor Jordan were marketed as sex symbols -- to both men and women -- as Beckham is.
They're the sex symbols to me--they're putting themselves out there and embracing music and each other.
The priests are young and good-looking, but that doesn't make them sex symbols.
 
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