Word: lindens
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Clinical studies, reported Dr. Maurice E. Linden, director of the City of Philadelphia's Mental Health Division, indicate that a majority of U.S. women rarely reach orgasm with their husbands-and that most of those who have done so occasionally are unable to gain consistent satisfaction from the conjugal sex act. Says Psychiatrist Linden: "Sexual frigidity is still one of the most common and baffling female problems...
...Better Man. Many cases of frigidity, noted Linden, are strikingly similar. The woman, typically, has children, and is driven by the conflicts created by modern America's emancipation of women to compete with her husband for dominance of the household. No match for his aggressive wife, the husband abdicates his familial responsibility, retires to the conflict-free comforts of the beer can, the television set and the evening newspaper. The common result: a "role exchange," from which the wife emerges a better man than her husband...
...effect of such a role exchange on the couple's sexual compatibility, says Dr. Linden, is disastrous: "Although sexual relations with the husband may have been reasonably satisfactory early in the 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...
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...
...much of the past year) and the company relying more and more on its mainstay classical ballets. There is no shortage of younger dancers, among them Nadia Nerina-whose performance in La Fille Mai Gardée conveyed glimpses of Ulanova's unearthly lightness-Annette Page, Anya Linden and, most notably, coldly brilliant Svetlana Beriosova, 28, widely heralded as heiress apparent to Fonteyn. The Royal last week also showed off its first-rate male principals: Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Alexander Grant and David Blair. But regardless of the available dancing talent, much depends on Madame...