Last week Zeitgeisty posted a delightful picture of wrinkled and saggy Helen Mirren splashing around in the ocean in one of the mystical beach locales where celebrities go to be photographed by paparazzi. Helen Mirren is a beautiful woman, and seeing her disrobed at an age when sexuality is generally considered vulgar, made me smile. Of all the cultural fairytales we tell each other, the idea that sex between older people is somehow inferior to the nubile strains of the twenty-something set is one that frightens me most. I can imagine at least a dozen other celebrities more appealing than the aged Helen Mirren, but I don't know if I'd rather sleep with any of them.
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