Tag Archives: sexuality
*Scythe*: A Slasher Film to End All Slasher Films
Fascination (1979) Why are we so fascinated by evil, death and sex? It must be primeval. And with Hallowe’en fast approaching, this fascination will be triggered yet again. *Sigh* If you ask this question of a psychologist or psychiatrist, their … Continue reading
An Eternal Triangle: Birth of Humanity
We are all descended from the first couple But what if Adam and Eve weren’t the first couple? What if Adam had a help-mate before Eve. Legend calls her Lilith. The symbol for the energy of Lilith in the … Continue reading
When is Sex not Sex?
When there is no intercourse! The Brett Kavanaugh media blitz yesterday (on Fox) to ‘clear his name’ brought to light an interesting echo: he claimed, while choking back tears, that he was a virgin all through high school. At the … Continue reading
Kavanaugh/Ford: He Said, She Said
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus This clever book attempts to highlight, using an Astrological metaphor, that men and women are coming from two totally different places when it comes to relationship issues. Nowhere is this more obvious … Continue reading
Fifty Shades of…
Book Club I suppose that the proliferation of these monthly get-togethers must have been started by Oprah’s book club segments on her show. Now they’ve taken on a life of their own. We went to see this movie last night, … Continue reading
Revenge of an “Incel”?
Involuntary Celibate Yesterday, a young man decided to drive a rented Ryder van down the sidewalk on Yonge Street in Toronto. Was this a terrorist attack? No. It was one person’s way to ‘punish’ the world. Last night, the CBC … Continue reading
When Movies Couldn’t Be Wilder
Unless They Were Directed by Billy Wilder A retrospective on TV last night took me back to my childhood. In those days, movies were vetted by the Hays Code for inappropriate content. Wilder was quoted as saying, “You have to … Continue reading
Innocent Gesture or Sexual Grooming?
Shoulder Rub I suspect it all comes down to intent. In my last position as a supervisor, I offered a shoulder rub to a female employee, while she sat at her desk, working hard at entering information into her computer. … Continue reading
