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...copies in a dozen languages. And sexology has marched far beyond the outposts of Marie Stopes. In later years she was more often shocked than shocking. When the late Alfred C. Kinsey brought out his "female volume" (TIME, Aug. 24, 1953), Dr. Stopes protested: "It shames American womanhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Early Crusader | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

...speak and breathe." Another broadcast gave the first indication that at least some supporters of the King were fighting back. "Some of our compatriots are firing on us," reported the rebel radio announcer in almost disbelieving tones. By midafternoon, with resistance not ended, the radio was urging Iraqi womanhood to stand by "your free brothers fighting in the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Revolt in Baghdad | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...enthusiasm, and candor--and good taste. In fact, I strongly suspect that hardly anyone has ever seen love and sex handled so suavely in real life. Moreover, all four of the film's female leads live up to both Sweden's and Brigitte Bardot's reputations for young womanhood; this may explain the appeal of Sweden to nearly anyone who sees the film...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Smiles of a Summer Night and An Alligator Named Daisy | 6/3/1958 | See Source »

...woman who seeks an abortion (other than the rare "therapeutic" kind) can be jailed for her part in the crime. Yet the latest findings* of the late Alfred C. Kinsey's Indiana University team of sex researchers-whose sampling is admittedly small and not entirely representative of U.S. womanhood-offer striking statistical clues to the prevalence of the practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Abortion in the U.S. | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

...eyes out when they died-and rushed on to the arms of his latest conquest. But his bastard son, haunted since childhood "by the problem of seduced women and natural children," decided at an early age that his own books would be dedicated to the saving of corrupted womanhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Three Musketeers | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

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