A staple of musical dance routines is that the WOMan's body has the physical power to shock and astonish a man, that her gyrations work up such sexual energies that can literally blow a man away.  In the 1950s,  musicals  favored performers like Virginia Mayo, who were neither lithe nor graceful dancers,  but instead were built to convey Abundant Femininity, as though the Venus fetish doll with big breasts and buttocks had come to life in a Technicolor production.  The finale number features VM portraying Marie Antoinette and Cleopatra as Femme Fatales, with Marie popping an old geezer's cork into a heart attack, and Cleopatra poisoning Julius Caesar.  One of the conceits of the WOmWAm site, and a never-ending source of fascination, is that such blatant sexuality as a tool of Female Manipulation and Dominance was considered "family" entertainment.  And in this case, Ronald Reagan-endorsed...

Despite the fact that "Hot Garters Gertie" is a Burlesque slut who lies in college and portrays historical Femme Fatales, she's not the "bad girl" of the movie.  She's the "good girl."  "Poison Ivy" Williams is the bad girl.  She's bad because Ronald Reagan doesn't like her.  She's bad because she has incredibly long gams and Ronald Reagan likes dancers with short legs and big butts.