Word: maling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many Indian women think it is their duty to bear male heirs in order to please their husbands-and are thus puzzled by the slogan. Poor outcastes think of every new baby not as another mouth to feed but as a potential breadwinner for the family. Moslem mullahs (religious teachers) will not urge their believers to practice birth control for fear that the Hindus will go on proliferating and widen their population and political advantage...
...sure, the measure does not spell total license for deviates. It permits male homosexual relations in private between consenting adults. But there has been no relaxation of penalties for indecent acts committed in public, and offenses against youths under 21 are dealt with more harshly than before. What the bill does, says Laborite Sponsor Leo Abse, is remove the"brutal choice" that offered the would-be law-abiding homo "either celibacy or criminality, and nothing in between...
...bill's proponents argued that the old bans were unenforceable, that fewer than 100 homosexuals were convicted each year for acts behind closed doors (the number of homosexuals in Britain has been estimated to be as high as 1,000,000, or one out of every 23 males). Some pointed to a double standard in the fact that Lesbians may do as they like - free of any regulation by the law. Others contended that male deviates, living otherwise respectable lives, are liable to blackmail and are often driven to suicide because of the criminal stigma. Abse also pointed...
Your story of Dec. 14, 1966, "Prison Officials Drop PBH Play" unfortunately presents an incomplete picture of the situation. In fact, the play was cancelled because it was not an appropriate choice for the prison, especially since it contained only three male roles and more inmates wanted to participate. An alternative is already under consideration and we plan to produce it in the near future. Had your reporter checked with us, the picture she presented would have been more balanced. Bill Schaefer, Chairman, Ron Rotunda, Vice Chairman The Prisons Committee
Follow Me, Boys! Walt Disney, who sometimes likes to represent America as a giant niceberg floating in an ocean of nostalgia, has now represented the model American male as a simpering scoutmaster...