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...particular group or institution-the church, the nobility, whatever-with a degree of authority. Civility is the first cousin to order, deference, conformity. But sometime in the past 40 years, Western society decided that deferential, ordered and conformist societies cramped creativity and personal expression. We shudder at the 1950s, when men and women knew their place, when businessmen wore gray flannel suits, when white Anglo-Saxon Protestants dominated the membership of the power élite as if by right. Nowadays, we champion personal growth. We try to "keep it real." We celebrate diversity. We laugh at the narrow ties...
...quoted Dr. Jennifer Berman, director of the Female Sexual Medicine Center at UCLA, as saying, "Women experience desire as a result of context?how they feel about themselves and their partner, how safe they feel, their closeness and their attachment." That view is based not on chemistry but on 1950s-style ideology. There are many ways young women today can pursue pleasure, and one of them is the classic one-night stand. Irene Dratver Glendale, U.S. Thank you for Joel Stein's story "Spicing It Up," on how couples can improve their sex lives by using sex toys or taking...
...sexuality were dated. You quoted Dr. Jennifer Berman, director of the Female Sexual Medicine Center at UCLA, as saying, "Women experience desire as a result of context--how they feel about themselves and their partner, how safe they feel, their closeness and their attachment." That view is based on 1950s-style ideology. There are many ways young women today can pursue pleasure, and one of them is the classic one-night stand. IRENE DRATVER Glendale, Calif...
Sistani's background, however, suggests he prefers a different course. Born in Iran to a family of clerics, Sistani started memorizing the Koran at age 5, according to his official biography. In the early 1950s, he moved to the Iraqi city of Najaf, the site of one of the holiest shrines in Shi'ism. He later became a student of Grand Ayatullah Abul Khoei, who would turn out to be Iraq's leading cleric. As Saddam ruthlessly suppressed clerical activism, Khoei advocated "quietism," the belief that the clergy should mainly serve spiritual and social needs, and not focus on matters...
...while originality abounded at the Dior show with 1950s-style gold gowns and Nefertiti headdresses piled high with crystals, pearls and gold-plated glamour, the stylists were thrilled by the sight of model Liya Kebede in a slick silver dress at Chanel (for Nicole, perhaps?). And they scribbled furiously as a Stepford-style Donatella look-alike in crystal-encrusted satin came down the catwalk at Versace (undoubtedly...