Word: sexe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charles Harte's We the Tribe, the other new play on yesterday's program, was not so fortunate as its predecessor. A farce involving savages and an American missionary party, it meandered all the way from rough sex jokes to a serious indictment of Christianity, but stayed nowhere long enough to make a clear point for either comedy or paganism...
...Mickey Jelke, but our lawmakers who should be on trial. Unless there is existing coercion, selling sex is no more improper than selling coffee or cigarettes...
...strangest is the orgiastic Shakta. The five elements of Shakta worship are madya (liquor), mamsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudra (grain), and maithuna (sexual intercourse), and it has long been their custom to worship the Hindu goddess Shakti by seeking unity of body and soul in communal sex rites. Such is kanchalia dharam, the ceremony of the blouse...
...competitive Big Business era. The summarization of an age through its literature is dangerous history; but here it proves very effective. Through skillful blending of the novelists own beliefs, ambitions, and fears, with their plot structures, Lynn builds a broadening picture of a society which has its attitudes toward sex, marriage, religion, politics, and of course, economics, dominated by the necessity to succeed...
...award based on the legend of St. Lucia, who had her eyes gouged out for defending her chastity against a Roman centurion. When the judges questioned her qualifications and refused to let her compete, the young mother received bales of encouraging letters and the judges were roundly blasted. The sex education given in public schools would make even the most modern, broad-minded American parent blanch. At a party in Stockholm, I met Mrs. Elise Ottesen-Jensen, the 17th of 18 children of a Norwegian family, a vigorous, outspoken woman who looks years younger than she is (69). She travels...