Word: maleness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unnatural acts. The researchers exploded a lot
of widespread fallacies: CJ Even among prison cases, homosexuality is
no all-or-nothing quality. Only nine of the 64 were 100% homosexual;
all the rest were "mixed" cases with varying degrees of
heterosexuality. While half definitely preferred the company of other
males, 18 preferred that of women (13 were indifferent). Several would
have been willing to marry for the sake of having children, but could
not bear the thought of heterosexual intercourse.
...consistent predisposing factor (such as head injury) as some investigators have alleged. Alcohol was not important in their own lives, but had been in many cases for their fathers, often to the point of breaking up the home. CJ The difference between the homosexuals' ratio of male-female hormone output and that of normal men used for comparison was negligible...
...bustles through the messy, male-contrived world of finance like a housewife cleaning her husband's den-tidying trends, sorting statistics, and issuing no-nonsense judgments as wholesome and tart as mince pie. With such forthright energy, the New York Post's Sylvia Porter has made herself the most widely quoted financial writer in the U.S. Her column, "Your Dollar," is studied by Wall Street brokers, Washington economists, Chicago bankers and budget-conscious families from coast to coast. Under the impact of the recession, "Your Dollar's" syndication has almost doubled in the past year...
...industry confesses to a bigger failure. It can find no way to get U.S. women to buy more perfume. Partly because of its advertising, the industry has given many women the idea that perfume 1) is a precious commodity to be used sparingly, and 2) may provoke a passionate male onslaught before the evening has even begun. On their own, many U.S. women seem to think that perfume is out of step with the clean, sporty American look. Though makers sold $110 million worth of fragrance products last year (top three perfumes: Arpege, Chanel No. 5, My-Sin), the perfume...
Auto-Adultery. Women can play this game too, says Rostand. Parthenogenesis -self fertilization, by techniques such as supplying an additional nucleus from the mother, would permit a woman to have a child that is not the child of any male. She would accomplish a sort of "auto-adultery...