[Leaning Right]

To many men, she epitomized feminine, physical beauty.

Yep, and she seemed to be, for the lack of a better word, approachable. Not plastic and distant like so many others, but approachable.

I suppose that if you had seen Monroe on the street and waved, she would have smiled and waved back.

[rlmorel]

I think so. I guess I always got that impression too, but I don't know how.

There isn't anything wrong with appreciating physical beauty. I think this woman was beautiful as well:

And this woman today:

(although I admit I have heard Scarlett Johannson is a bit of a brain dead lib, she still has physical beauty which I appreciate)