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...women gain self-respect, they are less willing to play the dominated role. Men (and women) seeking to dominate in sex don't have to look far to find a compliant, docile partner. Who could be less threatening than a child; who could be more handy than their child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 5, 1980 | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...have a strong sense of gay pride (i.e. self-respect). For me, being gay is joyful, adventurous, honest, emotional, and--yes Anita--natural. But I can never forget how I used to feel. Every day I see the hatred which so many gay students feel for themselves, and every day I encounter the indifference and hostility which allows this hatred to flourish...

Author: By Benjamin H. Schatz, | Title: "But I'm Not Gay... | 4/10/1980 | See Source »

Dolores never backs down; her self-respect is at stake, and it is apparently still too new and fragile to allow concessions. One can admire her for this, even while she uses her vulnerability to assume the dual role of a martyred carrier of great truths and a political radical who believes "you have to be narrow when you're at war." Neither is it difficult to understand Dolores' need for Victor's warm body at the same time that she resents him. She has had it rough, as her copious flashbacks to a miserable marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anguish Artist | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Kennedy not only has to win, he has to beat the percentages to leave New England with any self-respect, especially if Carter beats him by more than a 10-per-cent spread in New Hampshire. With Georgia and Florida only a week later, it will be almost impossible to soften the direct comparisons of Carter's and Kennedy's support on their own playing fields. But chief Kennedy pollster Gary R. Orren, former associate professor but the result of steady organizational work." Kennedy and Brown campus organizations began earlier than Carter's and have picked up support from previously...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: March 4: Playing Second Fiddle | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...future of H.I.I.D. In fact, Harberger's political activities are simply the most advanced form of activity implicit in such a developing agency. Rather, we oppose his appointment because we do not wish to have him in our midst. It is a matter, as we said before, of simple self-respect. Yours sincerely, Richard C. Lewontin Ruth Hubbard Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harberger | 2/20/1980 | See Source »

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