What is Sexy?

I was once asked what sexy was. It was in a writing class and most of the women in the class wrote that wrinkled old women are sexy. At the time I declined to respond (not being a wrinkled old woman, I thougt I should just sit it out) but I've thought about it a good deal and I keep coming back to this memory...


I was out on a triple date with my then boyfriend of a few weeks. It was the Thanksgiving weekend and he was introducing me to his highschool friends who were home from university for the weekend.  We were planning a simple evening-dinner and a movie, and I was distracted by the challenge of trying to make friends with these sophisticated college girls. We went to a movie that promised to be funny, and I can barely remember it. I was feeling nervous and out of place and wasn't paying much attention, until I saw my date grow uncomfortable. I looked up at the screen and saw that the humour had grown ribald. ithe scene progressed to the bedroom, and suddenly the most remarkable thing happened. My boyfriend caught the eye of the other two young men and they gave him a decided nod. Then all three of them stood up and took their dates by the hand and led us out of the theatre. Not a word was spoken of why or even so much as mentioned. They just proceeded to move on to another form of entertainment for their young lady friends. At the time, I felt a little self contious that Ihadn't been the one to suggest it, feeling that that was something of a chastisement against my viewing habits (guilty conscience I guess) but now I simply marvel that such 18 year olds exist. This struck me as marvellous on two accounts. The fact that my virtue was valuable, something to be protected and treasured, and that their own virtue was valuable too is about the sexiest thing imagineable, but the fact that they had that support from their bros... That they knew they could stand together and be stronger, that they need never be ashamed at doing the right thing in front of each other, that each ones company makes the other boy a better person. That is so hot! Its hands down the sexiest thing I've ever seen.