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doublex Sex and Candy The come-hither looks on the faces of women eating chocolate in stock photographs. Posted Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at 7:04 PM ET
If commercial photographs of women eating salad (as first portrayed hilariously on the Hairpin and already countered with Buzzfeed's men eating fruit salad) tend to convey healthy, righteous fun--why, that woman can't possibly be depriving herself if she's laughing!--ads and stock images of women eating chocolate tend to convey pleasure of the bow-chicka-bow-wow variety. Chocolate equals sex. Current TV's Sarah Haskins has already noted: It's only normal to look like you're getting busy savoring that chocolate you're eating alone. To continue reading, click here. Libby Copeland is a former reporter for the Washington Post, now writing in New York. She can be reached at libbycopeland@gmail.com.Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Congress Switcheroo: GOP Takes Power; Democrats Take Up Whining The Mysterious Postponement of Maxine Waters' Ethics Trial The Seductive Looks on the Faces of Women Eating Chocolate in Stock Photographs | Advertisement |
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