https://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/4003/all en https://archive2.mrc.org/bozells-column/persistence-prurient-prime-time <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/l-brent-bozell-iii">L. Brent Bozell III</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>A front-page article in the June 6 New York Times claims that thanks to Monica Lewinsky and Viagra, "the subject of sex and the language describing sex and sex organs have been nudged a few inches closer to the conversationally commonplace." Reporter Janny Scott added that such phenomena as the writings of Masters and Johnson, the gay-rights movement, and media coverage of Marv Albert's escapades caused previous nudges toward greater explicitness.</p><p><a href="https://archive2.mrc.org/bozells-column/persistence-prurient-prime-time" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Bozell's Column News Analysis Division getting Tue, 16 Jun 1998 04:00:00 +0000 3622 at https://archive2.mrc.org