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...strong, can-do woman. How is it, then, that behind the closed doors of my most intimate relations, I could voluntarily betray myself? The answer is this: if a woman has become disembodied due to lack of self-worth--I'm not good enough--or abuse, she will neglect her own voice of desire and only hear the man's. This requires compartmentalizing--disconnecting head and heart, body and soul. Overlay her silence with a man's sense of entitlement and inability (or unwillingness) to read his partner's subtle body signals, and you have the making of a very...
...church, clarified teachings, millions of new followers, and a decisive end to Catholicism’s shameful history of anti-Semitism—will greatly outlast the detractions that will inevitably be heard over the next several weeks. He reminded a self-important and pleasure-obsessed culture not to neglect the care of the weak, when what it may have wanted was an affirmation of its lifestyle. Though he had his detractors, without a doubt he earned a public reverence that had not previously been seen and may never be witnessed again. He was the conscience...
...beyond the goddess fad that has captured our imaginations for years [March 21]. The piety and deepest consciousness of a human being seek a feminine face, especially in a world whose cultures are saturated with patriarchy. Thank you for helping rescue Mary, a kind of biblical goddess, from passive neglect. Many of us appreciate your generous examples of Protestants, including Methodists like me, who keep opening doors of faiths that are traditional but are willing to take risks...
However, there is a danger in just having a general education curriculum made up of distributional requirements. Students may neglect large swaths of subjects and focus on a fairly insular section in one of the general areas. This is hopefully where Harvard College Courses will be effective. These courses will serve to fill in some of the educational holes left by the distribution requirements by surveying large academic domains. In other words, if a student only takes classes on volcanoes to fulfill his or her science requirements, a Harvard College Course will ideally give him or her a broader overview...
...there was the young woman who abruptly stopped returning my calls and e-mails and the one who insisted that I not refer to our trips to the movies as “going out” or “dates.” And I must not neglect the girl who said—and this is a direct quote—“I’m not ready to date anyone now, and not you when...