Monday 23 August 2010

Day 61 Playing "Kneesies"

As a symbol of vulnerability, the knee has also been a point of erotic encounter, especially as the place where the first touch between two people occurs.

Playing ‘kneesies’, for instance, meant rubbing or touching knees in a flirtatious and surreptitious manner, especially while seated where such activity would be concealed, as under a dining table.



Eric Rohmer's film Claire's Knee tells the story of an older man infatuated by a younger woman; her knee is the first focus of his desire when he encounters her on a ladder in an orchard.







Fashions which exposed women's knees were considered daring and risqué in the 1920s — a sign of new freedoms; however, by the 1940s short pants were acceptable for both men and women.

And in the 70's Hot Pants were all the rage.
I wore them myself :~))

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