Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Their indictment includes a list of sexist statements taken from the magazine. Some of Inside Edge, to be sure, is pretty atrocious. The article "How to Tell When a Woman Wants it Bad" advises men to treat the casual brush of an arm as a sure sign of foreplay: "An accident. Yeah, right. It's never an accident." Looks like sexism ... sounds like sexism. Yet the men behind Inside Edge vehemently insist that their magazine is not misogynistic. They say it's funny...
Soliciting friends can be awkward, and most recommend a straightforward approach in a casual setting...
...could regenerate himself and provide a home for his wife and two children. The land itself and its history did not much interest him at first. But when Svenson realizes that the focus of the Battle of Cross Keys took place on his 40 acres, what began as a casual interest in the battle becomes a quest for a real understanding of what had actually happened there. At the same time, Svenson's interest in his land grows from that of an inhabitant to that of a cultivator, as he realizes the significance not only of the events...
...many times do we have to say, "HIV is not spread by casual contact" for certain people to believe it? AIDS educators promulgate such crucial facts not simply for their own health but for the health of those uninformed individuals like Mr. Frank. Furthermore, in the second decade of this pandemic, Mr. Frank's abysmal failure of AIDS-101 is nothing less than despicable, not mention egregious, deplorable and unconscionable...
There are many factors, besides increased permissiveness, that make the trend toward increased casual sex among kids seem almost inevitable. Since the turn of the century, better health and nutrition have lowered the average age of sexual maturity. The onset of menstruation in girls has dropped three months each decade, so the urges that once landed at 14 may now hit at 12. At the same time, the years of premarital sexual maturity are much greater than a generation ago. The typical age of a first marriage has jumped to 25, from 21 in the 1950s...