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James B. Nelson, a cleric in the United Church of Christ (a denomination of Congregationalism), notes in his book Embodiment: An Approach to Sexuality and Christian Theology that "The physiological intensity typical in masturbatory orgasm frequently surpasses that of intercourse, and relational fantasies usually accompany the act in ...
There was a vogue for what was called "silver-fork fiction"—novels depicting aristocratic life, usually by anonymous authors, read by the aspirational middle classes. [47] Disraeli's first novel, Vivian Grey , published anonymously in four volumes in 1826–27, was a thinly veiled re-telling of the affair of The Representative . [ 48 ]
Comparative rates of homicides involving family members between 1980 and 2008. Killing by a spouse or ex-spouse exceeds the rate of all other categories. In proportion to the total number of family homicides, killing by spouses and ex-spouses fell from 52% to 37% during this period. Meanwhile, murder of the children went up 57%. [60]