History & The Arts
The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment
...codes, from the 1980s so-called “power dressing” to more recent parliamentary debates on compulsory high-heel policies. But the persistent interest in Moneypenny’s physical and sartorial appearance does not mean she is simply the passive recipient of the male gaze and masculine control. In fact, it points to the female body as the bone of contention within the...