I posted surveys on myspace and facebook.

Here is a link to the facebook group- if you are on facebook, please join! If you want to fill out the survey, please leave a comment. No cheating!

http://fitnyc.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2221002169

Here is the survey:

1- Who is Betty Boop?

2- When did she come into the picture?

3- What does she represent?

4- What is her "catch phrase"?

5- How does she relate to modern society?

6- How was she portrayed in films- the heroine, the helpless victim?

7- Why is her head so friggen huge, and her feautres so over emphasized?

8- Why has her image endured so long and been so popular?

9- Who is the sexiest female cartoon character?

10- Is Betty Boop's look still sexy?

Here is the first response I got, from my friend John Culkin, 21 yrs old, from NY:

1..She was a popular cartoon character during the early 1900's.

2. Have no idea. I think the 1920's.

3. The perspective people had of women during those times.

4. Boop-boop-bee-doop

5. Not sure

6. The helpless victim

7. Don't know

8. Don't know

9. Jessica Rabbit

10. No