The religious atmosphere created the enjoyment of the beauty of women a bad thing, “sin of the flesh,” “evil,” and so reinforced by other aspects of society, that, as a young man, it created a huge almost debilitating conflict inside of me with regard to women. I could not relate well with women. I wasn’t sure how to be friends with them afraid of how it might be interpreted by others. It was a horrible time in my life. Over the years, and with greatly increased education with regard to people and culture and abandoning all religion in my life, I experienced a freedom to feel and think as a… Read more