Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...popper fad began among homosexuals, who first used amyl nitrite to enhance sexual pleasure. The drug dilates blood vessels, lowers blood pressure and, by distorting time perceptions, gives a sense of prolonging orgasm. When the FDA in 1969 classified amyl nitrite as a prescription drug, many homosexuals switched to isobutyl nitrite, which is not covered by the regulation...
...surveyors judged 16% of all homosexual males to be "asexuals," apathetic loners with low self-esteem who have little or no interest in pursuing sexual contact...
...areas of psychological distress, from depression to paranoia. Twenty percent of the gay men had attempted suicide, vs. 4% of the heterosexual males. Thirteen percent of the gay males, and 5% of females, were listed as "dysfunctional" -those tormented by their homosexuality and plagued with severe psychological, social and sexual problems...
...halting the spread of NGU is the tendency of physicians to regard it as a urological condition in men rather than a venereal disease affecting both sexes. Consequently, because women's symptoms are not obvious and because little effort has been made to trace and treat the female sexual partners of male victims (a vital element in venereal disease control), the disease Ping Pongs through the population. But progress is being made. Says Dr. McCormack: "Five years ago, neither men nor women were being treated appropriately. Now it's mainly the women...
Since nothing in Venice goes down as well as a scandal, especially a sexual scandal, the corral soon drew a throng of artists, reporters, dealers, critics, museum folk and art groupies. As the massed cameras clicked and whirred, and the crowd of connoisseurs looked breathlessly on, the bull glared at his mechanical bride and abruptly scrambled up on her. Then, with the weary expression of Porn Star Harry Reems working off his debts, Pinco ejaculated on the ground. So ended Paradiso's work of art, which was, in its way, emblematic of the Biennale: a captive beast (Natura) struggling...