Word: venusized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Elaine Lewinnek's all-girl sixth-grade social-studies class, the Venus of Willendorf's bulging stomach and hips were a hot topic. A picture of the fertility goddess from 25,000 B.C. stimulated a lively discussion about how ideals of feminine beauty have changed through the centuries. Then a boy came into the classroom to collect attendance slips. "Stop! Stop! There's a boy in the room!" several girls shouted. The conversation halted until he left...
...female books that also saturate the market. An enlightened person may ask, "Can't we reinforce our strength without making the other party look weak?" People like this, however, obviously do not work for the mass media. They may also be from Pluto instead of either Mars or Venus...
...member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Shapiro has served as a member of the Radio Science teams for the Mariner, Viking and Pioneer Venus spacecraft missions...
...show begins with a quick video highlighting the numerous books which have tried to explain or denounce the quirky habits of men--Why Men Aren't Intimate, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and the curious Smart Women, Foolish Choices. From books, the video moves to those infamous talk show hosts, Sallie, Oprah and Geraldo who have profited from such titles as Men Who Won't Commit and the Women Who Love Them. Each clip shows a different anguished woman confronting the cowering man beside her as the audience yells with glee and Sallie/Oprah/Phil smiles knowingly...
Gray's latest foray into the for-profit world is his new Mars & Venus Counseling Centers, in which therapists pay $2,500 for training in the Mars & Venus "technique," an initial licensing fee of $1,900 for the right to hang out a shingle (and use the logo) as a Mars & Venus counselor, and then a $300-a-month "royalty" payment. Gray says he has acquired his special love insights after years of counseling couples and hearing anecdotes from his fans at book signings and lectures. But he is not a licensed anything other than driver, to which some mental...