Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?

Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? is a book on love and intimacy by Rabbi Manis Friedman, a Chabad Hasidic author and lecturer. Friedman maintains that traditional Jewish values and customs concerning intimacy as practiced by many Orthodox Jews are relevant to the general public.[1] The book's title characterizes the feeling of some that the indoctrination of extreme secular sexual values "denaturalized" many American children of their normal sexual inclinations.[2] Friedman emphasizes the individual's responsibility to act appropriately in intimate situations.[3]

Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? Reclaiming Intimacy, Modesty, and Sexuality
AuthorRabbi Manis Friedman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRelationships, Marriage
GenreNon-fiction
PublishedHarper Collins, San Francisco, 1990
Media typePrint
Pages113
ISBN978-0-060-63029-4

Concepts explored

Two types of love

Friedman distinguishes between the "fiery love" between spouses and the "calm love" between siblings and other family members. According to Friedman, the love between spouses must overcome the differences between the two parties, generating greater intensity in the relationship. By contrast the love between other family members are predicated upon the commonness the two parties share. Freidman further states that husband and wife, male and female, in essence always remain strangers; for this reason the acquired love in the relationship is never entirely consistent.[4]

A child's intuition

According to Friedman, a young child in a compromising situation with a predatory adult might be helpless to prevent the negative outcome but is intuitively aware of the immodesty and inappropriateness of the adult's behavior.[5]

Quotes

"If you help yourself to the benefits of being married when you are single, you're likely to help yourself to the benefits of being single when you're married."[6]

Publishing

Friedman's book was originally published by Harper Collins under the title Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? Reclaiming Intimacy, Modesty, and Sexuality. Later editions by other publishers were published with a different subtitle, Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? Love, Intimacy and the Art of Marriage.

See also

References
  1. Lambert, Josh. Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscenity, and American Culture Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. NYU Press. New York: (2013): pp. 162-165. Accessed May 23, 2014.
  2. Together Again: Reuniting Men and Women, Love and Sex, Mothers and Children Archived May 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed May 23, 2014.
  3. Abramson, Glenda. Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture Archived May 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Routledge. 2004. Accessed May 23, 2014.
  4. Lyman, Bari. Meet to Marry: A Dating Revelation for the Marriage-Minded. Health Communications, Inc. 2011. Accessed May 23, 2014.
  5. Holstein, Barbara B. The Enchanted Self: A Positive Therapy Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Taylor & Francis. 1997. Accessed May 23, 2014.
  6. Fishman, Sylvia Barack. A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community. UPNE. 1995. Accessed May 23, 2014.
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