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Board Of Directors Book Review from page 8

priests from marrying did not take hold until the eleventh
May 2021 – May 2023 Officers/Executive Committee century, while marriage was deemed to be a sacrament
only in the twelfth century. She renders a rich narrative
Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Howard Weinstein (El Dorado) and catalogue of offensive behaviors and the severity of
Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche, their punishments that have been recorded for posterity.
Secretary Steve King and El Dorado These punishments can be interpreted as examples of sado-
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 6 Connie Murray (Villa Flora) masochistic practices known as “sessions,” “scenes,” and
Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Del Sol, and Palladium “games” in contemporary parlance.
District Directors District 7 Alan Markoff (The Plum) BDSM is a system of mastery and control, which
District 1 Mary Ann Frazier (Palms) The Plum/Cortina, Villa Sonrisa and Pointe 100 occurs in the bedroom as well as in society outside.
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 8 Robert Cornell (Costa Brava) One recalls the mantra utterance of Meta founder Mark
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Costa Del Sol and Costa Brava
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater) Zuckerberg at the conclusion of meetings: the shout
and Panaché Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court “Dominance”. In an age of noblesse oblige, the practices
District 3 Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana) At Large Directors allowed or assumed by the aristocracy contained clear
La Mirada and Meridiana abuses. The most common reference is to the so-called le
District 4 Michael Ehrentreu (El Viento) Through 2023 Through 2023 droit de seigneur, the practice of allowing the feudal Lord
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Chandra Stewart-Keith (Panaché) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada) of the Manor, the first right to the nubile virgin brides
Bob Greenstein (Lakes of La Paz) Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Del Sol) in his demesne. Professor Harvey debunks the notion
Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Carsten Bethge (Valencia) arguing that it was, in fact, rarely utilized. Nevertheless
the records show that knights for example often saw their
status as privilege to have their way with low born ladies
without consequences. Indeed Professor Harvey points to
the different standards applied in sexually compromised
situations, the man would be forced to marry his partner;
though the claim that the woman was his social inferior
would negate that obligation to marry her, and she would
be whipped and he merely fined.
Christopher Vaccaro has organized a baker’s dozen
of scholarly essays exposing the subtext of social
sadomasochism, fetishism, early Queer consolations,
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Everyone deserves a doctor who they headlines of sexual abuses by heads of movie studios,

Chief Officers of television stations, and even Presidents
trust and like. One who listens and with consenting or non-consenting partners. The Marquis
de Sade in his eighteenth century pornographic novel
takes their time to answer questions allows his heroine Justine to be reminded by her captors
of grim necessity: “You must serve our interests, your
and address concerns. A doctor who is poverty imposes this yoke upon you, and you have to
adapt to it.”
Juliana Dresvina argues that little effort was made
available when you need them most. to understand the psychodynamics of female sexuality,
besides suggesting that upper class marriages of

I provide proactive, preventive, wellness & sick care to convenience tended to be pre-arranged and loveless.
That is why adultery would be attractive and celebrated
adult patients at my concierge medical practice. in the literature. For all the talk of le droit de seigneur,
upper-class husbands were typically well beyond their
prime and probably responsible for their wives’ frigidity
To discuss your health needs, and my care model, you or indifference.
Nevertheless noble women as well as ordinary

are invited to a complimentary meet and greet with women were subject to continual sexual indignation. The
me - by video, phone or, when the pandemic permits, unscientific medieval period was ignorant of so much,
in-person at my practice. including a woman’s sexual anatomy about which male
authors showed little interest or objectivity. The Humours
Theory, the prevailing sociological and psychological
Please call 561.368.0191 to schedule your meet and dogma, taught that women’s humours were cold and moist
greet with me. I look forward to meeting you. and she likely was always eager like a man. The literature
of the time shows that upper class woman were able to
maintain control and not so much the victim of tyrannical
Steven E. Reznick, MD, FACP abuses suffered by lower class born; such was Patient
Recognized as a “Best Doc”. Practicing in our community since 1979. Griselda depicted in Chaucer’s tale as pathologically
submissive to the unfeeling and arrogant Marquis of
Saluzzo, a parable perhaps of submission to divine will.
7280 W. Palmetto Park Road | Suite 205N | Boca Raton | 33433
ww.BocaConciergeDoc.com Dr. Ronald J. Meyers, a resident of La Paz, is an
Emeritus Professor of English. rmeyers@esu.edu. 