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American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the  Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center of the struggle.

A Propaganda War
Embedded in the propaganda of the time was the idea that the nuclear family was what made Americans superior to the Communists. American propaganda showed the horrors of Communism in the lives of Russian women. They were shown dressed in gunnysacks, as they toiled in drab factories while their children were placed in cold, anonymous day care centers. In contrast to the «evils» of Communism, an image was promoted of American women, with their feminine hairdos and delicate dresses, tending to the hearth and home as they enjoyed the fruits of capitalism, democracy, and freedom.

The «M.R.S.» Degree
In the 1950s, women felt tremendous societal pressure to focus their aspirations on a wedding ring. The U.S. marriage rate was at an all-time high and couples were tying the knot, on average, younger than ever before. Getting married right out of high school or while in college was considered the norm. A common stereotype was that women went to college to get a «Mrs.» (pronounced M.R.S.) degree, meaning a husband. Although women had other aspirations in life, the dominant theme promoted in the culture and media at the time was that a husband was far more important for a young woman than a college degree. Despite the fact that employment rates also rose for women during this period, the media tended to focus on a woman’s role in the home. If a woman wasn’t engaged or married by her early twenties, she was in danger of becoming an «old maid.»

Single and Pregnant
If remaining single in American society was considered undesirable, being single and pregnant was totally unacceptable, especially for white women. Girls who «got in trouble» were forced to drop out of school, and often sent away to distant relatives or homes for wayward girls. Shunned by society for the duration of their pregnancy, unwed mothers paid a huge price for premarital sex. In reality young women were engaging in premarital sex in spite of the societal pressure to remain virgins. There was a growing need for easy, safe, effective, reliable and female-controlled contraceptives.

Large Families
Not only did most married women walk down the aisle by age 19; they also tended to start families right away. A majority of brides were pregnant within seven months of their wedding, and they didn’t just stop at one child. Large families were typical. From 1940 to 1960, the number of families with three children doubled and the number of families having a fourth child quadrupled.

Stay-at-Home Moms
This was also the era of the «happy homemaker.» For young mothers in the 1950s, domesticity was idealized in the media, and women were encouraged to stay at home if the family could afford it. Women who chose to work when they didn’t need the paycheck were often considered selfish, putting themselves before the needs of their family.

Decades of Childbearing
But even for happy homemakers, pressures were mounting. In a departure from previous generations, it was no longer acceptable for a wife to shut her husband out of the bedroom. Starting in the 1950s sex was viewed as a key component of a healthy and loving marriage. Without an effective female-controlled contraceptive, young wives faced three decades of childbearing before they reached menopause.

The Pill Welcomed
By the late 1950s, both single and married American women were ready and waiting for a new and improved form of birth control. When the Pill was introduced, the social factors affecting women’s reproductive lives contributed significantly to the warm reception women across the country gave the Pill.

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In 1947, Europe was still recovering from the Second World War. Factories were restored, residential buildings were rebuilt, people were not up to fashionable outfits. Therefore, when Christian Dior showed his new collection in France, the society did not accept it. Europe was not yet ready to spend a lot of money and fabrics on women’s whims. But in America, Dior’s shows went off with a bang.

Men from the war returned home and needed jobs. Women again became housewives and keepers of the hearth (by the way, their daughters will arrange a second wave of feminism a little later). They again wanted to be feminine and beautiful, so they stopped wearing jackets with wide shoulders and men’s trousers. We needed clothes that would emphasize a thin waist and feminine charms. New Look turned out to be very helpful. With his outfits, Christian Dior glorified the female body and embodied the female dream — «to dream of yourself, and to dream of you.»

After the Second World War, two superpowers remained in the world — the USA and the USSR, between which an arms race began. Each superpower had its own zone of influence: the United States sponsored Western Europe, and the USSR sponsored Eastern Europe. The whole world was afraid of only one thing — the third world nuclear war. Feminine fashion helped to distract from this fear, among other things. So New Look returned from the USA to Western Europe. The silhouette of the 1950s is an exaggeratedly thin waist, wide hips, a well-defined chest, sloping shoulders — an hourglass. “In my models, I focus on the curves of the female body,” Dior said.

In 1952, Coco Chanel returned to Paris. She keeps up with the times and adds a touch of New Look to her costume.

In the same year, Hubert de Givenchy opens his fashion house in Paris. We are familiar with this designer from the films with Audrey Hepburn — «Funny Face», «Breakfast at Tiffany’s», «Sabrina». Givenchy even won an Oscar for best costumes for his last film.

As for outerwear, women’s coats were of the same silhouette as dresses (broad shoulders, narrow waistband and puffy skirt). Or the girls wore straight coats, which allowed them to wear puffy multi-layered skirts and did not hinder movement.

Outerwear and jacket sleeves were 7/8 or 3/4 long to allow long gloves to be worn. Hats and gloves again became an obligatory attribute of a girl, without them it was indecent to appear on the street. Those who could afford it wore gloves made of leather or wool, the rest were content with simple cotton counterparts.

In conclusion, a few words about underwear. Fashion motto of the 1950s: «Beauty over comfort.»

It’s easy to guess that corsets and crinolines are back in fashion. But now they were sewn not from whalebone, but from nylon and pure cotton, this made life much easier for women. Firstly, they could breathe freely in such corsets, and secondly, they were easier to wash. In addition, any fashionista of that time had a special bathing corset, which allowed them to remain seductive even on the beach.

The most beautiful girls in sci-fi from the 1950s to the present: ana_lee — LiveJournal

A very interesting list has been prepared by the movie site Flixster, which features the most beautiful girls in sci-fi movies (not TV movies). You can agree or not, but it was very pleasant to look at, especially at the girls of the 1950s — 1970s, who were no less beautiful than our contemporaries.

1950s and 1960s
B-movies and D-cups powered the early days of Sci-Fi. (Honorable mention to the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman woman.)

Faith Domergue, Dr. Ruth Adams in This Island Earth (1955)
Even in a jumpsuit that was probably borrowed from the local plumbers union, Faith looked pretty good. Special props for posing in all those photos with the giant-brained bug-eyed rubber mutant monster

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(Patricia Neal, Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951))
Helen Benson, a widow and single mom, is the human hero of this classic, rather than her headline-hunting jerk of a boyfriend. Sexy!

What more could you ask from a movie based on a Shakespeare play?

4. Dan West in the role of Beki Driscall in the film «Invasion of Tel kidnappers»
(Dana Wynter, Becy Driscoll in Invasion of the 9004) 9004) all right, she gets taken over by the pod people, but we’d still want to spend some quality time with her.

3. Linda Harrison as Nova in Planet of the Apes
(Linda Harrison, Nova in Planet of the Apes (1968))
Let’s get this straight. Charlie Heston could’ve settled down with this super hot, animal-skin wearing slave girl, and he decided to run off and find the Statue of Liberty? What a complete tool.

1. RAKEL WELCH in the role of Lohana in the film «Million years BC» and as a bark in «Fantastic Journey»
(Raquel Welch, Loana in One milleion Years B.C. and Cora in The Fantastic Voyage (both in 1966))
Whether it’s Raquel in a bikini vs. a dinosaur, or Raquel in a skin-tight white scuba suit vs. white blood cells, you have to admit that ’66 was a very good year for her. And for the guys.

1970s
The early part of this decade saw a bit of a dry spell for the Sci-Fi films and their hotties. Thank god for Carrie Fischer. Honorable mention goes to Maude Adams in Rollerball (better known as Bond-girl Octopussy). Susan Sarandon, Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Before her career all serious, Susan Sarandon was soaking wet, sexy, and could sing a pop tune. Dammit Janet nice lingerie!

. But, even with some of the cheesiest outfits and worst special effects ever devised by bad filmmakers, Caroline Munro is a serious babe.

3. Persis Khambatta as Lieutenant Elijah in Star Trek
(Persis Khambatta, Lt. Ilia in Star Trek the Motion Picture (1979))
Before G.I. Jane, before V for Vendetta, Ilia was the original Hot Bald Chick. Wearing the shortest skirt in the Federation, she gave a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Where no man has gone before”.

price we had to pay to spend some quality time with Jenny and her futuristic negligee, what the hell; we say it’s worth it.

Ms. Fisher was at her hottest in that metal bikini, however, we really like the smart-mouthed young woman who took charge of the blaster when the boys didn’t know which end to use. Princess Leia not only paved the way for the Babes of future decades, but her name even sounds like an indecent act.

1980s
With the success of Star Wars, science fiction films came back with a vengeance. And so did the women in them.

12. Kelly LeBrock as Lisa in Oh That Science!
(Kelly LeBrock, Lisa in Weird Science (1985))
As the personification of the ultimate geek fantasy of making your own ultimate girlfriend, Kelly and her midriff blew the doors off of this movie. Literally

11. Ally Sheedy as Stephanie in Short Circuit
(Ally Sheedy, Stephanie in Short Circuit (1987))
We had to include Ally for that whole girl-next-door thing she has. (She was actually a hotter in The Breakfast Club, but we couldn’t include that one on this list.)


(Kirstie Alley, Saavik in Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982))
Oddly enough, Kirstie was hotter with the Vulcan ears than without. go figure.

9. Daryl Hannah as Pris in Blade Runner bad-hair decade, Daryl was pretty sexy. Can you say “attack of the clones”?

8. Virginia Hay as a warrior woman in Mad Max 2
(Virginia Hey, The Warrior Woman in Mad Maxx 2 (1981))
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where (we assume) there was no shampoo or Oil of Olay, how did the Warrior Woman maintain that great hair and skin and still have time to become an expert with a compound bow? Even Mel Gibson doesn’t know.

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We haven’t actually even seen this one, but it’s Kim Basinger right?

However, Sybil looked great in that Valkyrie outfit.

5. Cindy Morgan as Laura/Yori in Tron
(Cindy Morgan, Lora/Yori in Tron (1982))
Even with the dorky helmet, Cindy was awesome to behold in the world’s first movie/videogame tie-in.

and come back from the dead after being drowned. That’s hot.

3. Natalie Wood as Karen Brace in Brainstorm (1983)
A classic beauty in a forgotten classic.

. We would’ve let Ming blow the earth to little bits for a little bit of his daughter Aura.

Bring it! Especially if it’s the gorgeous and completely buck-naked Mathilda May that’s sucking our…lifeforce. You may need to watch this more than once, to, you know, pick up all of the subtle acting and stuff.

1990s
In the 90s, we finally started to see lots of women who were smart, totally hot, and kicked major ass, all at the same time.

10. Naomi Watts as Jet Girl in Tank Girl (1995)
There’s just something about a girl in glasses. We think they should have called the movie Jet Girl.

9. Madeline Stowe as Katherine Reilly in 12 Obligations
(Madeleine Stowe, Kathryn Railly in 12 Monkeys, (1995))
We love Madeleine Stowe because she’s not only stunning, but she’s a real woman that has something about her that makes us believe, just for a moment, that we could have a chance with her.

Makes a horrible, spiky, slimy death seem like something to aim for.

7. Deniz Richards as Carmen Ibanes in the film Star Troops
(Denise Richards, Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers (1997))
WEA FAIRL look up the words “smoking hot” in most dictionaries, you will find a likeness Ms. Richards.

6. Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers
(Dina Meyer, Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers (1997))
That’s right, call us crazy but we think Dizzy was even more of a babe than Carmen. If we were to be speared through the chest by a giant arachnid, there is no place we’d rather cough our last bloody breath but in the arms of this redhead. We also liked her as Keanu’s bodyguard in Johnny Mnemonic.

5. Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(Linda Hamilton, Sara Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991))
Sara Connor was kind of whiny in the original Terminator, but boy did she come back strong in T2. For sexy, bare-footed ass kicking, it just doesn’t’ get much better than the escape from the crazy house scene.


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Rufus Sewell defeats a race of freakish mind controlling aliens just to get a date with Jennifer Connelly. We only wish it was easy.

2. Carrie Ann Moss as Trinity in The Matrix
(Carrie Anne Moss, Trinity in The Matrix (1999))
Trinity’s hotness comes almost completely from her confidence and grace under pressure. That, and the head-to-foot skin tight black vinyl thing. And the guns, oh yeah, the guns. Oh, and the kung fu….


Sure, she’s a lethal weapon wearing nothing but a couple of strategically-placed bandages. But is Leeloo hot because of, or in spite of, her babbling in an incomprehensible alien language?

2000s
Continuing the trends of the 90’s, with possibly even better-looking women. Also, we have to give Monica Belluci from the two Matrix sequels an honorable mention here. Even though she’s barely in the films, she is one of the most beautiful women ever. period.

12. Natalie Portman as Princess Amidala in Star Wars I-III (1

Muti proved in 1980), but with Ms. Peña’s buttery smooth voice, it’s a slam dunk. We’d be happy to listen to Elizabeth read the HTML code for the entire Flixster site to us.

9. Scarlett Johansson as Jordan Two Delta in The Island (2005)
We heard that Scarlett actually wanted to appear topless in this movie, but director Michael Bay said , “No. ” What? What?! You’re killing us here, Michael!

0041 (Angelina Jolie, Franky in the Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004))
The looks, the strength, the athleticism, the uh… um… did we mention the looks?

7. Hulle Berry in the role of Storm/Ooro Monroe
(Halle Berry, Storm/Ororo Munroe)

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(Famke Janssen, Jean Grey)

5. Rebecca Romin in the role of mystic/Grace (Rebecca Romijn, Mystique/Grace)

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7 — 5. Women Khallle Berry and Rebeck Roman in the film X-Men 2 (X2: X-Men United (2003))
It hurt our brains too much trying to decide which of these women were hotter. We really don’t need to say anything about any of them though, do we?

4. Jessica Alba, Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four I and II (2005, 2007))
Jessica has said that she’ll never do nudity, but we just keep hoping all the same.

So hot that we almost stopped caring how freakin’ cool giant transforming robots are.

.. and know how to use a gun to get it. Claudia’s allure transcends her fantastic looks; she’s just flat out awesome. And the accent doesn’t hurt either.

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(The Women of Firefly: Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite, and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005))
Looks, brains, personality, butt-kicking hotness. Why decide when you can have it all? Whoever Joss Whedon got to cast his original series and the movie based on it, they knew what they were doing.

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