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Show ' Mo Handles Sex News, Society or Sports? sition of sexual fulfillment, that the element of love, or compassion, compas-sion, or even consideration is missing. Sex is to be obtained from an opponent, not shared with a person. To require or even expect a young man of normal makeup to be favorably inclined to chastity is evidence either of incredible naivete, or of a large dose of imbecility. im-becility. But surely it is not too much to expect this normal young man to regard his sexual partner as something more than a pinball machine or a tennis opponent. 1 .know what it i magined amorous srf h e tot some ob-- ob-- In Pi t will draw the rSSon, I offer a 02 of Pi"'- ntt prevalent-and m- V tur of such diSCUS" &Z)L yong American 3 at.Hpntally confused the Stie with the outdoor diversions. ':r;! g Johnny, is not only '''a! t S a competitive sport. 't have gotten his part- :g?ed with an opponent. .SUCCESSFUL exploit is a ' : the popular argot, a s ;Ji against an opponent in K- much like hockey, where :-r5biete ouhTianerste other times, a baseball game was the media through which we communicated com-municated his triumphs, and failures. fail-ures. Always, however, the wars were won, lost, or tied on the playing fields of New England beaches. There is something as disturbing disturb-ing about this attitude toward sex; for it indicates a sad element in our society. We have reached a point of materialism where the gratification of physical needs has become a mere end in itself, where the partner in the sex act is relegated to something along the order of a vending machine. THE SEX ACT has now become an acquisition, an attainment which is equated with a car, or a phonograph, or a victory in some kind of contest. What is completely missing in this attitude is any regard for the partner, who is, after all, another human being. The prevailing attitude is geared so forcefully to the acqui- wary goalie and rings up a goal. Also, the young man no longer copulates: he "makes" his girl, presumably along the lines of constructing con-structing a model airplane, or conquering con-quering a mountain peak. THE USE OF the sport jargon has reached a point where one enthusiastic athlete of my acquaintance ac-quaintance would regale us with his nocturnal gambols much like an announcer would rattle off a play-by-play. "Had a wild game last night," he would say, eyes gleaming. "I threw a couple of short passes and ground out the yardage. Then I took a gamble too soon on the touchdown pass and she threw me for a loss back to my own 25. So I huddled, and just tried out the line a little. Then I faded back and hurled a long pass and ..." THE GAME would vary. Some nights this young man would spend on the basketball courts, |