Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences By PHILLIP MILANO Question The male managers at my summer job referred to me and other girls working there as “sweetheart,” “honey,” “sugar,” “baby,” etc. This escalated to some of them leering, groping and making sexual comments. I quit because it got too crazy, and I’m too shy to mention it to them. Are most men who call a woman …
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DARE TO ASK: Are the Japanese obsessed with being in the photo?
By PHILLIP MILANO I have been many places in the world. On several occasions, Japanese people have asked me to snap a picture of them. Be it at the Grand Canyon, Pompeii or Tulum, I am handed a camera and take a picture of them standing in front of the attraction. What is this obsession with self? John, 48, Cincinnati …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: You asked, so we need answers
By PHILLIP MILANO Remember folks, this is your column. We are merely the conduit through which you, and occasionally the experts who foolishly agree to talk to us, offer cross-cultural enlightenment. In that spirit, as our second year of Dare-to-Ask-mania draws to a close, we offer a few of the questions posed of late for which we seek more replies. …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: Potty training: A black and white issue?
By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why do white people potty train their kids so late, while black people train them earlier? Lynn, Memphis, Tenn. Replies Probably because more white women have the time to wipe their babies’ bottoms than many black women have the privilege to, between three jobs, rising out of poverty and generations of slavery. Daryl, 30, Asian, Texas …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: You were always on my mind
By PHILLIP MILANO Question If a man is medically impotent, as from diabetes, does he still have a sex drive? Amy, 56, Jacksonville Replies Sexual excitement is a personal matter that can vary, but where there is a will there is a way! With a loving, caring partner, all kinds of good things can still happen. Intimacy in sexuality and …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: Did we hear you say teens mumble?
By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why do teenagers mumble all the time? Renea, 45, Orange Park Replies Because being articulate went the way of being neatly dressed. Many teenagers think it isn’t cool to speak clearly and intelligently, the same way they do not think it is cool to wear pants that fit them properly. Johanna, 45, Stroudsburg, Penn. Teen years …
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