Cultural views on the navel 1960s, community standards had changed. Marilyn Monroe was allowed to expose her navel in "Something's Got to Give" (1962) and later commented, "I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel." Ursula Andress, appearing as Honey Rider in the 1962 James Bond film, "Dr. No", wore her iconic white bikini, which exposed her midriff and navel. However, when Annette Funicello was cast in her first beach movie "Beach Party" (1963), Walt Disney, who held her contract, insisted that she only wear modest bathing suits and keep her navel covered, to preserve her wholesome persona, though she
The Girl Who Was Plugged In reader. Stevenson points out that after this, the reader is rebuked three different times for not focusing on P. Burke but each time this happens, the narration is moved to descriptions of the futuristic soundings, presumably in accord with what the male reader truly desires to read about. This goes back to what Heather J. Hicks states about the importance and success of the ideal feminine body compared to the non-ideal feminine body. P. Burke’s body is considered unimportant and the way the story is written and paced suggests just this point. Another theme of The Girl Who Was Plugged