France. Sex. Problem? - NYTimes.com

I would've liked to be brought up in a society with this sense of "equality" (if I could use that word). This can change humanity as a whole can it not ? If we have a different (more equal) status of women in every day life, then maybe we all will be more tolerant of other identities. But somehow this seems to be not so close to reality. I wonder what brings about such revolutions ? It definitely cannot be something "silent" as the article seems to suggest. Or can it be ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/fashion/30cliente.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=all --- The posters were advertising "Cliente," a popular movie that revolves around clichés about prostitution and gigolos in France. Judith, the client, who is played by Nathalie Baye, one of France's highest-paid actresses, is not a pathetic, lifted rich woman of a certain age and nothing to do. Rather, she is a hard-charging, 51-year-old television shopping-channel anchor and director who, after her marriage falls apart, wants good sex without strings and is willing to pay handsomely for it.

If we could, would you - Remember-to-Forget ?

[erasing memories] New and old memories have been selectively and safely removed from mice by scientists."While memories are great teachers and obviously crucial for survival and adaptation, selectively removing incapacitating memories, such as traumatic war memories or an unwanted fear, could help many people live better lives," says Dr. Joe Z. Tsien, brain scientist and co-director of the Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine."Our work reveals a molecular mechanism of how that can be done quickly and without doing damage to brain cells," says the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Cognitive and Systems Neurobiology.

Audio on this topic @ radiolab : http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/06/08

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