Word: incestousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidate said he personally opposed abortion, except in cases where the mother's life was endangered, or in cases of rape and incest. "I have trouble separating my conscience" from legislative decisions on the subject, he said...
...Incest is relative...
...rated video cassettes. Explains Roy Grace, vice chairman of the Doyle Dane Bernbach Group: "As a society, we're becoming more accepting of overt sexuality." In an era that has seen steamy prime-time soaps like Dallas and Dynasty become popular hits, and that nonchalantly accepts frank discussions of incest and bisexuality on Phil Donahue's show, erotic ads merely reflect the tone of the times. Says John Ferrell, creative director of the Young & Rubicam agency: "Advertising doesn't lead society, it follows...
...subjects used to produce a blush. Today they produce a TV show. On it, incest, sadomasochism, homosexuality, rape, frigidity, all can be discussed in the name of frankness, liberty and Donahue. Now the host has gone on beyond morning to bring his audience a look at The Human Animal. The Western variety, reports Donahue, suffers from the Judeo-Christian tradition. When the Talmud refers to God, "the endings are always masculine." In Roman Catholicism, Mary "derives her status from a male relative." Stained with sexism, flooded with hormones, prone to violence, the Animal seems doomed to repeat its self-destructive...
Senator Ernest Hollings, a Democrat from South Carolina, announced that "the only redeeming social value" he could find in rock "is that the words are inaudible." The P.M.R.C.'s Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker, evoked a "proliferation of songs glorifying rape, sado-masochism, incest, the occult and suicide by a growing number of bands." Zappa announced that "the complete list of P.M.R.C. demands reads like an instruction manual for some sinister kind of toilet-training program to housebreak all composers and performers." Nebraska Democrat J. James Exon suggested ominously that "unless the music industry cleans...