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Now, boomers enter the age of insecurity

As girdles become part of the secret life of women once again, men seek their own body shapers

By Sam Allis

Globe Columnist / August 9, 2009

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It was last Wednesday when I first heard the word “spanx.’’ I hadn’t a clue to what it means, maybe a rock band or a new kind of wrench, possibly the term for a neutered gerbil. I queried as many males as I could find in the Globe newsroom, and not one had ever heard of it either. (Full article: 992 words)