Dear Ann Landers, read that two genetic researchers, Dr. J. Michael Bailey at Northwestern University in Illinois and Dr. Richard Pillard of the Boston University School of Medicine, have turned up some convincing evidence about homosexuality based on studies of identical twins. The results have established that genes may play a major role in whether a person is gay or straight. Since there is now scientific evidence that homosexuals are bom that way and their lifestyle is not something they choose, do you think peo-ple will be less hostile to and more tolerant of homosexuals? Please re-spond in the paper. This is a subject that a great many people are interested in and need to know more about.
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Dear Readers, , because neither my hus-band nor I Had been sleeping well in our shared double bed, I moved into the guest room. Since then, he has hinted that he’d like me back in his bed, but I’ve been ignoring him. After 35 years of marriage, I’m tired of sex and prefer to sleep alone. Last week my husband told me that if I wasn’t willing to be a wife to him in every sense of the word, he was going to leave. This is the same man who told me several years ago that when I’m in his bed I should know what to expect. I explained, for the 50th time, that I’ve lost interest in sex because our relationship is meaningless and empty and I no longer love him. He replied: “That’s ridiculous. A wife does not have the right to say no unless she has a good reason, and not feeling like it isn’t good enough.” He wants me to go for counseling so someone can “help me under- • stand.” He says that if I go twice, he will go with me the third time. Ann, is it wrong for me to want control over my body and refuse to use it as a bargaining chip to keep a man I’m not sure I want? Am I being unreasonable when I refuse to have sex with him just because he’s my husband? Please comment.
