Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences By Phillip Milano Question I’ve noticed Middle Eastern cashiers won’t touch your hand when they give you your change. They crease the bills, place the coins in the crease and hand you your change. It seems like they do not like to touch me. What’s going on? Jim S., Wheeling, Ill. Replies Wow. Do you really want a cashier or ...
Read More »Dare to Ask: Women of all races get bigger
By Phillip Milano Question When I was young, I never saw fat white women. Now, everywhere I go, I see out-of-shape white women. Many of them, especially their legs, are larger than NFL players. What happened? Is it their diet, or are they just lazy? Dorothy, black female, Jacksonville Replies We’re lazy, our cities lack green spaces to exercise, we ...
Read More »Dare to ask: Catholics and use of birth control
By Phillip Milano Question If Catholics don’t believe in contraceptives, how do they keep from having a lot of kids? Linzi, 17, Selinsgrove, Penn. Replies It’s all about timing. Betty, 30, Catholic, Jacksonville The method taught at my church uses the woman’s temperature to find out when she ovulates. I know when I’m fertile. That means that my husband and ...
Read More »Dare to ask: Girl, you look good sexually
By Phillip Milano Question Some of my teenage female students tell me they are hit on so much by men, all ages, all ethnicities, that they are afraid to go buy gas alone. These aren’t skanky girls. What gives? T.R., 48, female, Jacksonville Replies The media, advertising and our general culture teaches men that all women are available (for the ...
Read More »Dare to ask: Mind if I crouch and join you?
By Phillip Milano Question I recently met a man in a wheelchair. After I left, I wondered if I had been impolite by talking to him from a higher position. Would it be better if I had crouched alongside him? Richard, 54, Los Angeles Replies There is no need to crouch as if stooping to speak to a child. Just ...
Read More »Dare to ask: Why are the wealthy so rude?
By Phillip Milano Question I always figured the higher someone’s education and the more money, the better their manners. So why do so many people with money and education seem to be the rudest? G. Havill, 19, female, Mount Vernon, Iowa Replies Sometimes people with a lot of money or with a lot of education seem to think they are ...
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