And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men.
(sociology) The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 17:
In many respects, the genre [science fiction] was exceptionally well suited to extrapolate from contemporary social concerns and promote visions of alternative societies, new forms of embodiment, and novel pathways for desire and pleasure.
