It takes just a quick glance at these lists of favourite film heroines to see which belongs to men, and which to women.
Because one group chose lots of strong female roles - and the other plumped for bikinis and lingerie.
For men, the top choice was the character of Honey Ryder in 1962 Bond film Dr No, as played by Ursula Andress.
Her emergence from the surf in a white bikini was one of the great iconic screen moments of the 60s.
Second was Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien saga, who was a strong woman, admittedly, but spent some of the time running about in her pants.
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia came third for the men, perhaps thanks to the infamous gold bikini she donned in 1983's Return of the Jedi. Their fourth was the highly sexed Barbarella, as played by Jane Fonda in 1968, and fifth was good-time girl Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Golightly actually topped the women's list, but this was perhaps more to do with her elegant wardrobe than her saucy behaviour.
The women's list was much more wholesome overall, with places two and three taken by characters played by Julie Andrews: Maria in 1965's The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins in the 1964 Disney film.
Fourth was Judy Garland's Dorothy from 1939's The Wizard of Oz. The only really racy performance in the women's list was Julia Roberts as prostitute Vivian Ward in 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman - the 'tart with a heart' who ended up finding true love.
The poll conducted by the Radio Times questioned 2,000 film fans.
Radio Times film editor Andrew Collins said of the results: 'It comes as little surprise that male voters put Ursula Andress's definitive Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr No at number one, while she failed to make the female voters' top ten.'
Because one group chose lots of strong female roles - and the other plumped for bikinis and lingerie.
For men, the top choice was the character of Honey Ryder in 1962 Bond film Dr No, as played by Ursula Andress.
Her emergence from the surf in a white bikini was one of the great iconic screen moments of the 60s.
Second was Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien saga, who was a strong woman, admittedly, but spent some of the time running about in her pants.
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia came third for the men, perhaps thanks to the infamous gold bikini she donned in 1983's Return of the Jedi. Their fourth was the highly sexed Barbarella, as played by Jane Fonda in 1968, and fifth was good-time girl Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Golightly actually topped the women's list, but this was perhaps more to do with her elegant wardrobe than her saucy behaviour.
The women's list was much more wholesome overall, with places two and three taken by characters played by Julie Andrews: Maria in 1965's The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins in the 1964 Disney film.
Fourth was Judy Garland's Dorothy from 1939's The Wizard of Oz. The only really racy performance in the women's list was Julia Roberts as prostitute Vivian Ward in 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman - the 'tart with a heart' who ended up finding true love.
The poll conducted by the Radio Times questioned 2,000 film fans.
Radio Times film editor Andrew Collins said of the results: 'It comes as little surprise that male voters put Ursula Andress's definitive Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr No at number one, while she failed to make the female voters' top ten.'
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