Word: frigidities
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...stunning lyrics that Mayakovsky dedicated to her in the 1910s and 1920s agonized over her indifference and infidelity. The Russian poet, who conducted his life as hyperbolically as he composed his verse, complained in "The Backbone Flute" that Lili's lips were "a monastery hacked out of frigid stone" and her eyes "the gaping hollows of two graves." Condemned by her coldness to the Siberia of the heart, he wrote...
Many women are so physically scarred that they lose interest in sex. While official Soviet statistics say that only 18% of Russian women are frigid, Stern is convinced by his researches that the figure is closer to 45%. Nor is much help available for these women; sex therapy clinics are nonexistent. Women must turn to sympathetic doctors like Stern or to one or two available government manuals that are about as informative as the hygiene texts once used in U.S. junior high schools. One 1974 Soviet sex guide, for example, recommends mineral water douches and vacations in warm climes...
Outdoor rollerskating also profits from the summer weather, whereas ice skating is restricted to cold rinks or even more frigid ponds. A rollerskater can enjoy the sun and the freedom of the streets, or he can skate at night--when the roads are all deserted...
...gives us a story about a frigid wife ("The Maja") who is finally awakened by watching her artist husband make love to a nude painting of her. But all we are told is "Maria's ... controlled sensuality flared up, free for the first time." And then what...
Unlike the sun, the Harvard men's track and field team managed to shine Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium. Contending with a driving rain and frigid temperatures, the thinclads emerged from their outdoor opener with a surprisingly lopsided 100-63 victory over Princeton...