Word: prudishness
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This is not to say that Scandinavians are prudish about sex per se. On any summer beach in Oslo fjord, topless swimming and sunbathing is common and unremarked. And the city has two nude beaches that are easily accessible by public transportation...
...prudish euphemism "teenage pregnancy" is symptomatic of the New Rhetoric. Nowhere--in speeches, in debate, in media--do we bring ourselves to say it. These are not 14-year-old women; they are pregnant girls. As Smeal put it, "the only time a woman is called a woman is when she's pregnant." Why is "pregnant girl" an unspeakable contradiction in terms for us? It belies what our culture sees as the essence of being a woman: getting pregnant...
...fact that a bunch of prudish housewives got all bent out of shape about the alleged content of rock lyrics, and consequently, the fact that a W.A.S.P. album got more attention and airplay than it otherwise would have...
...them come off as juvenile and he prolongs the agony by attempting to analyze them. The worst is his discussion of ballplayers' libidos. He can't decide how much to tell about his own running around so he tells horror stories about his buddies instead. He almost seems prudish when he remembers skipping a gangbang in a teammate's hotel room. To show he is one of the boys he recalls that before he got contact lenses he slept with so many ugly girls that...
...friend, that offer the only real enjoyment in the film. Kay develops a close friendship with an ex-singer and fellow factory worker named Hazel (Lahti) and the two become inseparable. Through her relationship with both Hazel and Lucky, as well as her newfound independence. Kay changes from a prudish Kewpie- doll like character to a more assertive, sensitive woman. Goldie Hawn's earnest and expressive face frequently compensates for the film's many weaknesses...