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    James Dean and Marilyn Monroe are considered sex symbols of the 50s. Who would you consider a sex symbol in the following decades up until now?


    James Dean and Marilyn Monroe are considered sex symbols of the 50s. Who would you consider a sex symbol in the following decades up until now?

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    1. pushin_on_my_buttons on

      1960s: Raquel Welch and Alain Delon

      1970s: Pam Grier and Barry Gibb

      1980s: Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere

      1990s: Halle Berry and Johnny Depp

      2000s: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

      2010s: Scarlett Johansson and Idris Elba

      2020s: we’ll see

    2. invis2020 on

      Across recent decades, for me, only Monica Bellucci and Angelina Jolie epitomise the meaning of ‘sex symbol’

      https://i.redd.it/eruiepw94ofd1.gif

      (The small bit of hair falling towards her mouth the way it does at the end, is evocative in ways I cannot express)

    7. LichQueenBarbie on

      What are the actual parameters for this though? Is it ‘mostly white, American?’

      Because Toshiro Mifune was active at this time and like…..

    9. Vegetable_Burrito on

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      I mean, definitely up until now because he’s been exposed as a total asshole. But in the 90’s, mamaaaaa. He was it.

    10. ernfio on

      For the 60’s
      Jane Fonda
      Paul Newman
      Ursula Andreas
      Sean Connery.
      Mia Farrow
      John Cassavetes
      Burton and Taylor.

      For 70’s
      Jack Nickleson
      Travolta
      De Niro
      Hoffman
      Pacino
      Meryl Streep
      Diane Keaton
      Bo Derek

      For 80s
      Stallone
      Richard Gere
      Michelle pfeiffer
      Arnie
      Kim bassinger
      Rob Lowe
      Demi Moore
      Swayze

      For 90’s
      Winona
      Slater
      Depp
      Julia Roberts
      Keanu
      River Phoenix.
      Tom Cruise.

      For 2000
      Brad
      Angelina
      Witherspoon
      Mean girls
      Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

      For 2010’s
      Marvel actors and actresses

    11. thisistwinpeaks on

      I say this every time this kind of threat gets posted but she was a cultural phenomenon in the 90s.

      ![gif](giphy|PkpNscOQrVwYiZnTpX)

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