Stashower gives a fairly good rundown on the public attitude towards the employment of young women in jobs dealing with the public, especially in positions where that public was typically all-male. The rationale behind hiring them was that their physical attractiveness would bring in customers, so they were on display in a way the prevailing morality of that era found highly questionable, even if they were fairly-well protected from actual sexual exploitation.
"Parasexual" is a useful term--there's a distinct niche that it fills.
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Date: 2010-06-02 12:36 am (UTC)"Parasexual" is a useful term--there's a distinct niche that it fills.