Who can judge a person’s reactions during stress situations? The prisoner of war who gives in to his captors’ demands, the kidnapped heiress who joins forces with her abductors — both must act without past experience to guide them. The end result can be either a very negative or a positive experience. IN A DUNGEON […]

Although Americans appear to the rest of the world as frank and open people, the truth is often the opposite when relating on a personal basis. This is particularly true regarding sexual matters. While no one is advocating sex as the main topic of conversation, and while sexual privacy is very important, many young people […]

The onset of puberty invariably brings with it the dawning awareness of sexuality, of a child’s inherent masculinity or femininity, and the struggle to put that sexuality into proper perspective. For some, the transition occurs with relative ease. For others the change is marked by tension and anxiety, and a growing awareness that their world […]

It has been said that every person has some dark passion within his soul — some hidden secret, desire or whim that may never surface to be seen by even the closest confidante. Such a secret can be evil or sinister, or it may be trivial and trite. In America, such dark passions are easily […]

When we hear the word prostitution, most of us think of brightly dressed women being herded into police cars in the middle of the night. But the fact is that there are also many male prostitutes, hustlers, working the streets of most every American city. These men, many of them teenagers, sell their bodies and […]

Who can judge a person’s reactions during stress situations? The prisoners of war who give in to their captors’ demands, the kidnapped heiress who joins forces with her abductors — both must make decisions in a vacuum, without benefit of familiar people or situations to guide them. The end result can be either a very […]

The seething passions that lurk within many individuals are often hidden beneath a veneer of normalcy, exposed only under extremely tempting circumstances. The woman who, after a few drinks at a party, takes on all corners, male and female alike. The man who, during a strip show at a stag party, climbs up on stage […]

For many men, at some point in their lives, there is something they will do anything to reach. In Athletes train for years, oblivious to their surrounding, in an effort to win a Olympic medal. A young lawyer will spend countless hours and money on a political campaign. And a mountain climber will take risks […]

Who can judge a person’s reactions during stress situations? The prisoners of war who give in to their captors’ demands; the kidnapped heiress who joins forces with her abductors — all must act without past experience to guide them. All must make decisions in a vacuum, without benefit of familiar people or situations to guide […]

It is hard to conceive in this day and age, and especially in our Western society that individual human beings could be treated as mere chattel, and worse. Unfortunately, however, there are examples to be found all around us. Migrant workers have long labored for a mere pittance, and are beaten and thrown out of […]