Sex symbol

[thumb|[BBC hedabideak dioenez, «Marilyn Monroe da, agian, Hollywoodeko sex symbolik iraunkorrena».]]

'''''' (ingelesezko terminoa; «sexu ikurra» esan nahi du) gizaki ospetsu bat da, askotan aktorea, musikaria, supermodeloa, nerabeen idoloa edota kirol izarra, gizartearen zati handi batek sexu erakargarritasun handikotzat jotzen duena. Termino hau 1950eko hamarkadaren erdialdean erabili zen lehenengoz, zinemako zenbait izarren ospea zela eta, adibidez Marilyn Monroe eta Brigitte Bardot aktoreena.

## Adibide nabarmenak 
### 1920ko hamarkada, eta lehenago 
* Mary Astor
* Theda Bara
* Louise Brooks
* Lina Cavalieri
* Marlene Dietrich
* Herman Melville
* Alla Nazimova
* Ramon Novarro
* Mary Robinson
* Lillian Russell
* Norma Talmadge
* Rodolfo Valentino

### 1930eko hamarkada 
* Joan Blondell
* Gary Cooper
* Jean Harlow
* Olivia de Havilland
* Joel McCrea
* Anna Neagle
* Laurence Olivier
* Tyrone Power
* William Powell
* Mae West
* Anna May Wong
* Fay Wray
* Cary Grant
* Lena Horne
* Glynis Johns
* Veronica Lake
* Hedy Lamarr
* Burt Lancaster
* Gypsy Rose Lee
* Margaret Lockwood
* Gregory Peck
* Jane Russell
* Frank Sinatra
* Alida Valli
* Humphrey Bogart
* Jim Brown
* Yul Brynner
* Martine Carol
* Yvonne De Carlo
* Leslie Caron
* Montgomery Clift
* James Dean
* Diana Dors
* Ava Gardner
* Betty Grable
* Stewart Granger
* Deborah Kerr
* Christopher Lee
* Gina Lollobrigida
* Sophia Loren
* Muriel Pavlow
* Porfirio Rubirosa
* Janette Scott
* Lana Turner
* Mamie Van Doren
* Jack Webb

### 1960ko hamarkada 
* Ursula Andress
* Brigitte Bardot
* Honor Blackman
* Claudia Cardinale
* Eric Clapton
* Veronica Carlson
* Leonard Cohen
* Sean Connery
* Alain Delon
* Barbara Eden
* Clint Eastwood
* Shirley Eaton
* Anita Ekberg
* Britt Ekland
* Jane Fonda
* Jonathan Frid
* Robert Goulet
* Che Guevara
* Audrey Hepburn
* Jimi Hendrix
* John Lennon
* Nancy Kovack
* Ann-Margret
* Paul McCartney
* Roger Moore
* Paul Newman
* Robert Redford
* Diana Ross
* Gunter Sachs
* Omar Sharif
* Edie Sedgwick
* Tina Turner
* Twiggy
* Barbara Windsor

### 1970eko hamarkada 
* Woody Allen
* Gregg Allman
* Loni Anderson
* Graciela Alfano
* Catherine Bach
* Jane Birkin
* Jacqueline Bisset
* Jackson Browne
* Dyan Cannon
* David Cassidy
* Moria Casán
* Bo Derek
* Faye Dunaway
* Farrah Fawcett
* Lynda Day George
* Gloria Guida
* Maren Jensen
* Olivia Newton-John
* Peggy Lipton
* Joni Mitchell
* Wayne Newton
* Jack Nicholson
* Stevie Nicks 
* Dolly Parton 
* Victoria Principal
* Richard Roundtree
* Telly Savalas
* Hanna Schygulla
* Jane Seymour
* Maria Schneider
* Carly Simon
* Patti Smith
* Suzanne Somers
* Henry Winkler

### 1980ko hamarkada 
* Adrienne Barbeau
* Jennifer Beals
* Klaus Maria Brandauer
* Michael Caine
* Cher
* Tom Cruise
* Gérard Depardieu
* Harrison Ford
* Mel Gibson
* Melanie Griffith
* Richard Gere
* Mark Harmon
* Michael Hutchence
* Don Johnson
* John F. Kennedy, Jr.
* Kelly LeBrock
* Heather Locklear
* Madonna
* Morrissey
* Axl Rose
* Christopher Reeve
* Mickey Rourke
* Louis Rukeyser
* Bruce Springsteen
* Brooke Shields
* John Stamos
* Sting
* Kathleen Turner
* Luther Vandross
* Bruce Willis

### 1990eko hamarkada 
* Gillian Anderson
* Pamela Anderson
* Jennifer Aniston
* Bono
* Martin Bayfield
* Halle Berry
* Yasmine Bleeth
* Pierce Brosnan
* George Clooney
* Kevin Costner
* Christina Cox
* Johnny Depp
* Robert Downey, Jr.
* Shannen Doherty
* Colin Firth
* Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Teri Hatcher
* Salma Hayek
* Elizabeth Hurley
* Janet Jackson
* Harvey Keitel
* Nicole Kidman
* Heidi Klum
* Val Kilmer
* Ricky Martin
* Alyssa Milano
* Kate Moss
* Liam Neeson
* Kim Polese
* Katie Price (Jordan)
* Jason Priestley
* Natalie Portman
* Dennis Quaid
* Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
* Alicia Silverstone
* Tupac Shakur
* Kelly Slater
* Sharon Stone
* Anna Nicole Smith
* Liv Tyler
* Denzel Washington
* Goran Visnjic
* Catherine Zeta-Jones

### 2000ko hamarkada 
* Jessica Alba
* Nerea Alias
* D'Angelo
* Beyoncé
* Eminem
* Pink
* Christina Aguilera
* Christiane Amanpour
* David Beckham
* Joe Biden
* Jessica Biel
* Orlando Bloom
* Adam Brody
* Brooke Burke
* Robert Carlyle
* Cheryl Cole
* Ann Coulter
* Katie Couric
* Russell Crowe
* Kaley Cuoco
* Judi Dench
* Peter Dinklage
* Colin Farrell
* Tina Fey
* Lady Gaga
* Paul Giamatti
* Jennifer Granholm
* Maggie Gyllenhaal
* Anthony Stewart Head
* Ana Ivanovic
* James Gandolfini
* Scarlett Johansson
* Angelina Jolie
* Keira Knightley
* Jhumpa Lahiri
* Jeppe Laursen
* Lisa Ling
* Eva Longoria
* M.I.A.
* Eva Mendes
* Kylie Minogue
* Julianne Moore
* B. J. Novak
* Aimar Olaizola
* Robert Pattinson
* Samantha Power
* Aishwarya Rai
* Mary Lynn Rajskub
* Andre Rieu
* Rihanna
* Seth Rogen
* Jake Shears
* Nate Silver
* Sarah Silverman
* Zadie Smith
* Jon Stewart
* Justin Timberlake
* Emma Watson
* Rachel Weisz

### 2010eko hamarkada 
* Lake Bell
* Stephen Colbert
* Miley Cyrus
* Tom Daley
* Chris Evans
* Ryan Gosling
* Amber Heard
* Chris Hemsworth
* Liam Hemsworth
* Christina Hendricks
* Tom Hiddleston
* Taran Killam
* Mila Kunis
* Jennifer Lawrence
* Ryan Lochte
* William H. Macy
* Bruno Mars
* Joe Manganiello
* Mads Mikkelsen
* Marisa Miller
* Ryan Reynolds
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Channing Tatum
* Tim Tebow
* Kate Upton

## Fikzioko adibideak 
Rotten Tomatoes webguneak dioenez, 1930eko hamarkadako Betty Boop binetetako pertsonaia da «marrazki bizidunetako sex symbolen artean lehena eta ospetsuena». Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turnerren ahotsarekin), 1988ko *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* zuzeneko ekintzazko eta marrazki bizidunetako filmeko pertsonaia, sex symboltzat deskribatu da orobat.

Bideo-jokoek sex symboltzat jo diren zenbait pertsonaia eman dituzte, hala nola Lara Croft, hedabide orokorretan ere hainbat aldiz agertua. Nell McAndrewk Lara Croften rola jokatu zuen 1998tik 1999raino, eta *Playboy* aldizkarian agertu zen 1999ko abuztuan, nahiz eta aldizkari horri legez galarazi zioten modeloaren ondoan «Lara Croft» aipatzerik.

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