I think "sexy librarian" speaks volumes about American gender and social roles: In order to understand the phrase you first have to assume librarians are mostl

I think "sexy librarian" speaks volumes about American gender and social roles: In order to understand the phrase you first have to assume librarians are mostly female and aren't, on the whole, sexy. Then you need to understand what a librarian is assumed to be - probably someone who's interested in "smart stuff" in general, but not a specific field, and not in an outwardly focused way like a professor or a scientist or an engineer. Then you need to imagine the appropriate age for this creature - not a young 20-something girl, and not 50 years old (like some of us). Nay, though she's a ripe, ripe blossom, she's been protected and kept clean (but perhaps a little dusty) until now by her love for books, her yester-decade choice of apparel, and those ubiquitous wide-lensed spectacles. Yes, she's been waiting for you all these years. In the stacks.