Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...going too far to say that the purpose of music is little more than sexual sublimation, but this is certainly an important element in its value to the participant. The recent advent of the popularity of the "Big Beat," Rock and Roll, is only to be commended; both the music and the listeners are becoming more honest. Since the first big rhythm and blues hit, "Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom," in the summer of 1954, popular music has become increasingly interesting...
...conflict with moral principles of one sort or another. Crime doesn't pay, true love always wins out, infidelity and adultery must be punished, national honor, the fair name of American womanhood, and the Church must not be besmirched or ridiculed, such unsavory things as dope addiction or sexual abberation should not be mentioned, and everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds...
...results, he reports in the Scottish Health Bulletin, from an "inordinate need for affection." But this alone is not enough; it requires the triggering action of a "break or serious threat of a break in the love link," using the word love in its spiritual rather than its sexual sense. Two-thirds of the TB victims studied by Dr. Kissen reported having had such a break, or threat of one. Some of the breaks resulted from death in the family and enforced separations; the vast majority occurred in a "romance, engagement or marriage...
...boundaries, and sheiks control not a domain but a tribe constantly on the move as their flocks wander in search of pasture. The Old Lion ruled them through the power of the sword, held their allegiance with the promise of protection and with gifts, cemented it with his prodigious sexual prowess. He used to take a sheik's daughter as wife for a night, divorce her next day with royal gifts-leaving the tribe well pleased at the honor and perhaps contributing one more to his proud total of 40 sons and uncounted daughters...
...parents around here seem more interested in having a good time than in being parents. They spend a lot of time away from home and leave the kids on their own. And when they are home they drink, and swear, and fight, and engage in illicit sexual relations. It's no wonder the kids...