All these men who’re threatened by the smutty romance fiction their wives devour on their e-readers? Dumbasses! In any era and with any technology, reading is sexy:

pretty woman reading an academic book while lounging in lingerie on a bed or couch with lots of pillows

That doesn’t look like pleasure reading, however; the book looks heavy and scholarly. She’s dressed to invite distraction; do you think she’d welcome a study break?

Photo is from the July 1978 issue of the Dutch magazine Honey.

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