Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, July 11 to share a jaw-dropping photo of herself.<\/p>\nAs you can see below, the beloved actress sat in a chair with one leg crossed over the other.<\/p>\n
Only the placement of her legs and the crimson lingerie kept the post within the bounds of Instagram\u2019s notorious content rules. But there\u2019s more to the photo than a hot actress showing her stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically,\u201d Sharon Stone began her Instagram caption. \u201cYours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like her pose and, well, everything else about the image, her caption refers to what may still be her most indelible role: portraying Catherine Tramell in the 1992 erotic thriller, Basic Instinct<\/em>.<\/p>\nOf course, that film (which we are sorry to say is from 32 entire years ago) had her wearing an alluring white ensemble. No one minds the change to red, however.<\/p>\nSharon Stone speaks onstage during the 35th GLAAD Media Awards \u2013 Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton on March 14, 2024. (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for GLAAD)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSharon Stone can turn heads at any age<\/h2>\n The comments are, of course, full of well-deserved praise.<\/p>\n
As we noted, the world tends to be incredibly weird about women\u2019s bodies. That\u2019s true at almost any age, unfortunately \u2014 but generally, a woman in her 60s receives inordinate social pressures to cover up.<\/p>\n
Fans as well as her own (famous) personal friends flooded her Instagram with affirmations. And while saying \u201cwow, ma\u2019am, you sure are hot<\/em>\u201d isn\u2019t exactly activism<\/em>, it\u2019s something that\u2019s encouraging to see in a world that so often seems to discard women once they hit various age milestones in (relatively) early adulthood.<\/p>\nSharon Stone attends the Los Angeles premiere of Focus Features\u2019 \u201cThe Bikeriders\u201d at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 17, 2024. (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn 1992\u2019s Basic Instinct, Michael Douglas<\/a> portrayed Detective Nick Curran. Sharon Stone\u2019s character is acting out during an interrogation, speaking about sex and also making sure that they cannot miss how alluring she is.<\/p>\nThis is when she, very famously, uncrosses and recrosses her legs. That scene is how she reveals, to the audience and to the fictional police, that she is not wearing any underwear.<\/p>\n
It may sound contradictory, but even in our extremely repressed era of cinema \u2014 where erotic thrillers are almost impossible to make, when only around 2% of films feature sex scenes \u2014 that iconic moment has aged very well. Many argue that it\u2019s foundational to Sharon Stone\u2019s career. It was certainly a bold step for the film industry, too.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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