I read this entry aloud to my husband and son, and they *got* it. I was particularly pleased that they understood that it meant depictions of women in fiction -- not real women. (Because losing that distinction gets skeevy really quickly.)

So in our house, "sugarbox" is the word replacing the far less graceful but oft-used phrase "woman-as-prop" that I've been ranting about for years. (Thank god my son grew up with the counter-examples of Buffy and Xena, and although I'm not crazy about some of it, Tank Girl.)

Please thank your daughter for me.