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...Frigid Fluid Co. of Chicago advertises: "NEW! NEW! NEW! Lanol-Tex Arterial Fluid . . . Nature's Own Way to Soft Skin Texture," which "restores the same condition to the skin as during life." Boasts the Gold Crest Chemical Corp. of Wilmington, Del.: "Everybody is talking about Rubin-X Jaundice Dual Injection Fluids," which give "a gentle and fast-bleaching action with no spotting." If not satisfactory, "you may return to us for full credit after embalming your first case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Death Industry | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

...marriage, they deteriorate into a mere 'chore' or 'duty' for the wife . . . Stripped of his aggressiveness, the husband becomes a passive partner; he loses interest in making the sex act satisfying for his wife. He wants her to seduce him.'' Sexstarved, the frigid woman often gravitates into extramarital affairs, from which she gains intense sexual enjoyment. "There is nothing organically wrong with the frigid wife,'' explains Linden. "She is quite able to enjoy satisfying sexual relations-but not with her husband. However, her basic conflict assures that sooner or later the lover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Kinsey Revisited | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

Back to Femininity. Frigidity often escapes diagnosis. Linden believes, either because the woman refuses to admit it-one of the factors that probably misled Kinsey-or because her physician shies away from "delicate" questions on the subject of sex. When the frigid woman does appear in a doctor's office, it is to complain of "vague physical or psychological ailments": headaches, fitful sleep, nervousness or nonspecific feelings of inadequacy. "The commonly prescribed treatment," says Dr. Linden, "consists of some tranquilizer or relaxant, supportive and complimentary reassurance, and periodic visits. The condition being treated usually does not change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Kinsey Revisited | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

Fact is. no drug will cure frigidity, and no surgical operation will repair an unhappy marriage-although neurosis-knotted frigid women occasionally have persuaded doctors to perform pointless hysterectomies. Frigidity, says Dr. Linden, is not an illness in itself; it is simply a serious symptom of deep-rooted psychosexual conflict. Linden's stark conclusion: "The situation may be resolved if the woman patient can be restored to a truly feminine position. This would be the task of psychoanalysis. But even the most intense therapy may not be wholly successful, and many women must resign themselves to a less-than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Kinsey Revisited | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

None did. Boykowycz then tied a clothesline around his waist and stepped off into the frigid water. Clinging tightly to the line, 17 shivering scouts followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WISCONSIN: A Slip in the River | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

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