Like you said ray, it's a matter of taste. But, there's also the ever-so-common "I get so much hot pussy" comment on every messageboard with a thread like this. Today, it's "average", from yours truly Casey. The next part of the post was me shitting on simon and his wife, but I deleted it because, well, I'm tired of shitting on simon and his wife.
Marilyn was the sex symbol of the sex symbols. Television and film made her every man's dream girl. Without her, there's no Madonna, there's no who the fuck ever. She fuckin created horniness. Jeremy jacks off to jessica alba because his dad jacked off to Marilyn.