How far will some people go to achieve those things that are important to them? A question as old as man. And as long as people have goals they feel are important, other people will feel as if they have been exploited for the sake of an individual’s goals. Examples can be found everywhere that […]
Who can judge a person’s reactions during stress situations? The prisoners of war who give in to the captors’ demands, the kidnapped heiress who joins forced with her abductors — both must act with past experience to guide them. Both must make decisions in a vacuum, without benefit of familiar people or situations to guide […]
It often comes a complete surprise to find that people are not always exactly what they seem to be. The quiet librarian who secretly waits for the moment when she can loosen her passions on an unsuspecting patron. The nurse who is ready to take on any of her patients, male or female, who think […]
How many married people realize only after a number of years have gone by that their partner for life is to them what the albatross was to the Ancient Mariner? The divorce statistics answers: too many. Those we least suspect are often ripest for a break-up. Living outwardly normal lives, attending the local PTA meeting […]
Every society is marked by an adolescent stage. A growing-up period. A time when each young member feels he is infinitely more daring and modern than the adults ruling the establishment he often rebels against. Nowhere is this phenomenon more marked than in an open society like ours. Many an adult has smiled in remembrance […]
The process of growing up, of passing through the age of adolescence has, through the ages, been marked by great inner turmoil, uncertainty, and tremendous pressures from family and peer group alike. Certainly, in our society today, the problems of youth appear to be mere marked than ever before. We hear constant reports of the […]
Immoral people capitalizing on the innocence of others to attain their goals — a story as old as man. The Bible, history books, law books — all contain examples. Such things happen every day, but they do not often come to light. When they are discovered, the events themselves are denied by a repressive society. […]
It was Henry David Thoreau, in Walden, who remarked, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” This statement appears to be just as true today as it was then. Perhaps it is even more valid today considering the pressures and frequent monotony of today’s world. The majority of today’s men and women live […]
The seething passions that lurk within many individuals are often hidden beneath a veneer of normalcy, exposed only under extremely tempting conditions. The woman who, after a few drinks at a party, takes on all comers, male and female alike. The man who during a strip show at a stag party, climbs up on stage […]
Most of us lead two lives — real and fantasy. The housewife imagines herself leading a life of luxury, surrounded by jewels and furs. The businessman imagines himself away from the rat race, painting or fishing by a quiet lake. The schoolboy dreams of becoming a famous athlete. And then there are sexual fantasies — […]