Word: sexualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's Bonnie (Meg Ryan), the woman used by Eddie and Mickey as their own sexual welcome wagon. There's Darlene (Robin Wright Penn in a reprise of the troubled slut she portrayed in Forrest Gump and Moll Flanders; I miss The Princess Bride), the old flame passed between Eddie and Mickey who counters Eddie's infidelity with her own in mock independence. There's Phil (Chazz Palminteri), the struggling actor who drowns his artistic voice in a persistent whine about his own worth. And there's weed, Valium, fast cars, big houses, sex, sex and more...
...tonight dear, I have a headache. According to a major new sex study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday, taking a pass at a pass is as American as apple pie. The researchers report that sexual dysfunction, ranging from lack of interest in sex to the inability to have an orgasm, afflicts 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men. "The results of this study are surprising," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "because there have been a number of studies of married people, for example, that indicate that there is more...
...basic message of the study is simple, says Gorman: "Do not divorce the sex from the relationship." Yes, it is true that some sexual problems are medical. "Men with diabetes, for instance, are more likely to be impotent because of circulation problems," she says. But broader issues in a relationship can have an equally devastating impact on a person's sexual functioning. It is interesting to note, says Gorman, that Viagra ads (two of the authors of this paper worked on the development of Viagra) have focused their pitch on how the product helps nurture a relationship...
...simply because he was gay might have been enough to prompt the state legislature in Wyoming to enact hate-crimes legislation. In the wake of the killing, in the wake of the national outcry that followed, it seemed like the obvious fact--that violence motivated by racial, ethnic or sexual bias warrants extra punishment--was on the verge of acceptance...
...Utah have all defeated similar bills over the past few months. Only 40 states have hate-crimes legislation. Of these, only 21 specifically provide for hate-crimes prosecution for crimes against gays and lesbians. Despite federal statistics that show 14 percent of reported hate crimes nationwide are motivated by sexual orientation, the movement to add a sexual orientation clause to hate-crimes laws has run into a brick wall...