You know those music videos where you've got some guy in his house singing about a woman he's got the hots for, or where the woman is singing about some guy she's got the hots for? Well, why is the woman always lying on her bed half-naked? First of all, if this is happening in the middle of the day, what is she doing still at home in her lingerie? Doesn't she have a job to go to? Or perhaps some errands she needs to run? And if this is happening in the evening, surely she'd be cooking herself some dinner (or at least heating up a Pot Noodle) or watching EastEnders.
Secondly, why doesn't she have any clothes on? Is it hot? Why doesn't she turn the heating down, or open a window, or get herself a glass of water? Maybe she's too poor to afford any clothes, but again, if she went to her job, rather than lazing about on her bed doing random over-elaborate arm movements in the middle of the day, chances are she'd be able to afford some clothes. I reckon she does have the money to buy clothes, though; judging by the state of her bedroom (which looks like a page torn out of the IKEA catalogue - hello, where are the dirty socks on the floor?), she's got a spare bob or two.
Maybe she does have a job, and errands to run. Maybe she does own clothes, and maybe the temperature of the room is perfectly reasonable. Maybe she just makes an effort, once a day, to lie on her bed in a seductive fashion. Maybe it comes right after cleaning the toilet and right before writing out a cheque to her gas company.
Oh yeah, and that whole scenario where a guy's on the phone to a woman, and she happens to be either a) half-naked in the kitchen, b) half-naked in the bedroom, or c) fully-naked in the bath? Yeah, she's probably not doing any of those things. She's probably either a) in the kitchen, eating cake, b) on the bed, picking her nose, or c) in the bath, cleaning it.
Reality is harsh.
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