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Gams

 

I make a woman’s legs stand for the whole woman, having her “gams” walk into the room. Sexist, yes, but it’s also a kind of trope in which a part of something (legs) stands for the whole (woman). The legs are not literally a woman. Just a part of one. This is a belonging trope, the synecdoche.

 

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