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Monday, January 13, 2003The Children of Men, which imagines life in a world where everyone is infertile. Here's her imagined NHS solution to the problem, (in addition to mandatory semen testing and periodic gynecological exams of people of childbearing age): Our interest in sex is waning. Romantic and idealized love has taken over from crude carnal satisfaction despite the efforts of the Warden of England, through the national porn shops, to stimulate our flagging appetites. But we have our sensual substitues; they are available to all on the National Health Service. Our ageing bodies are pummelled,stretched, stroked, caressed, anointed, scented. We are manicured and pedicured, measured and weighed. Lady Margaret Hall has become the massage centre for Oxford and here every Tuesday afternoon I lie on the couch and look out over the still-tended gardens, enjoying my State-provided, carefully measured hour of sensual pampering. posted by Sydney on 1/13/2003 08:18:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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