What is it about the word “SEX” that gets everyone’s attention? On that note, let me just welcome all the MEN who have picked up this issue of Body Beautiful – and I know why you did! (The cover model is adorable, isn’t she?)  
    Lingerie is a favorite topic for both sexes. Women love to put it on and men love to take it off. Personally, I never understood why women pay so much money for an article of clothing they’ll wear for, oh, maybe five minutes, that ends up in a
tousled heap on the floor. Visual Viagra, I guess you’d call it.
   I once bought expensive black lingerie, complete with pull-on stockings and a garter belt for my then-husband. (Well, I wore it, but it really was for him.) I slipped on my black heels and strutted toward him like a naughty vamp and then . . . we both burst out laughing! Not the reaction I expected. But believe me, we arrived at the intended result.
Reader feedback – yea!
    Sadly, I don’t often hear from you out there, and I understand why. Between working 40 hours a week, cooking, shopping, running a household, raising children and vamping it up for your mate, the last thing on your mind is sending a letter to the editor.  But recently, Carie Webb of San Juan Capistrano took the time to send her thoughts about the magazine and it’s worth sharing with you:
    “I loved your June issue. It’s a keeper! Particularly, your article on perfection. Although a petite 5’6”, 120-pound model and mother of two, I recently moved here from England and can’t believe the ideals and standards in California are SO out of bounds. Most people have lost all concept of what is truly beautiful, naturally, and everyone else, including me, can’t help but compare and be affected. I loved these men’s perspectives! We need MORE real men who are mature and realistic.” BB

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