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intage photographs from the Kinsey Institute line the lobby of The Wild Project where Electric Pear is producing Lukas B rfuss' The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents, which is receiving its American premiere in a first-rate translation by Neil Blackadder.
Presumably, the pictures of women in various poses are meant to show how far we've come in the heretofore taboo areas of sexuality, while simultaneously preparing the audience for B rfuss' play, which is about Dora (the ethereally childlike Grace Gummer), a mentally challenged young woman who experiences a somewhat rude sexual awakening. But for many theatergoers, the still images will linger in the mind far longer than the play, which ultimately feels like an exceedingly curious marriage of Buchner, Wedekind, and Freud.
The decision to take Dora (named presumably for Freud's infamous patient) off her meds comes from Mother (played with bourgeois hauteur by Laura Heidinger) after the physician who has treated Dora for her entire life dies. The new Doctor (played with both charm and creepiness by Peter O'Connor) doesn't entirely agree with the decision, but ultimately acquiesces to the older woman's request. After some disorientation, Dora begins to exhibit signs of returning to the world around her, particularly after Fine Gentleman (Max Lodge) flirts with her at the fruit stand where she works. Before long, Dora has accompanied Fine Gentleman to his motel room, where (consensual?) sex takes place and he brutalizes her.
After this, Dora, who doesn't seem to completely understand the ramifications of sexual intercourse, is hooked on not only the act but the guy as well. Doctor is appalled when he must treat her bruises, but also, during the course of explaining some of the facts of life to her, makes his own subtle sexual advances. Before long, Dora undergoes an abortion and later an enforced hysterectomy because she becomes increasingly vocal about wanting to have a child

Boys wonder about what makes girls tick and girls wonder what makes boys tick, and both sexes have to accommodate each other before any sort of dating or marriage might occur. Homosexuality short circuits this requirement. Boys know about boys and girls know about girls. It is therefore easy to get on and get to the sexual point of the relationship if the relationship is homosexual. Many people get a thrill out of doing the verboten and being in the out crowd. Some of the charm of homosexuality (as with drug use) undoubtedly stems from the out status that comes from being in with a fairly secret society. A great deal of the charm of homosexuality comes from knowing where to go and how to act to meet other homosexuals and engage in sexual relations. These are secrets not shared by most non-homosexuals. Engaging in homosexuality puts you into an elite in crowd that offers a great deal of sexuality for little interpersonal investment. In contrast, heterosexuality offers a modest degree of sexuality for a great deal of interpersonal involvement. Although the studies upon which the findings are based are not rock-solid, teenagers who engage in homosexuality report higher levels of drug-abuse, criminality, and exposure to violence than teenagers who do not

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