Television shows these days do not always toe the line of decency and common sense.

The concept of virginity is capable of arousing many associations - everything from white weddings to patriarchy – but Bob Hope's oneliner only activates one particular set, its chronological implications.

Many lesbian and gay people define themselves in terms of sexual orientation, not gender. There are gay men, for example, who grew up desperately needing reassurance that they were just as much a boy as any hypermanly heterosexual.

[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich] Hegel's further observation shows the route taken by those who survived their Sturm und Drang and went on to produce more: Because the sickness is in the essence itself, its isolated manifestations can be repressed [zurückdrängen] and the superficial symptoms suppressed [dämpfen].