Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reporter-Researcher Janice Castro, who interviewed more than 150 players, pros and psychologists for the cover story, was surprised to find that "everyone I talked with instantly recognized the sexual tensions that can occur on the tennis court." Castro, who learned the game at De Anza High School in El Sobrante, Calif., has been able to play only sporadically since moving to New York. "It's hard to find both time and money to play tennis in Manhattan," she says...
...prevalence of rape (of both men and women) as a torture technique indicates that the ranks of torturers contain many sexual psychotics as well as sadists. At the same time, some victims testify that their torturers were visibly strained by the routine and took pills to soothe their nerves; Fred Morris says that one of his torturers, a certain Major Maia, used to explain that he was a fellow Christian who went to Mass every day on his way to work...
Norma Jean Baker was blond, beautiful, naive, self-mocking and vulnerable. Marilyn Monroe was blond, beautiful, sophisticated and the great American symbol of sexual fantasy. Norma Jean demonstrated her acting ability in the confident way she played the part of Marilyn Monroe--to vast material reward and self-destruction. Marilyn Monroe still glitters on the screen. Norma Jean was found dead of an overdose of sleeping pilles...
Raising Pigs. The Dani simply do not seem to have much drive, sexual or otherwise. There are few intense emotions, little artistic achievement and few fights. Instead of expressing anger, a Dani tribesman usually moves away from an offending situation. Wars, according to Heider, have the emotional content of deer hunts in America. The warriors chat for a long while, fight for an hour, then fall back for more conversation. Revenge and anger rarely play a role-the Dani simply want to placate their ghosts and end the fighting as quickly as possible. Their only real interest seems...
...tribe seems to have a low infant-mortality rate, an adequate diet and no serious diseases. While a hidden genetic or biological factor may be responsible, Heider prefers to believe the Dani "low-energy system" is simply cultural. If so, Western theories about the innate power of the sexual drive-mostly derived from Freud-may need some adjustment...