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feed·back (fėd'bāk'), n., the return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response: asked the students for feedback on the new curriculum. Here's what people had to say about... "Inside the marriage bedroom..."
I've known (too many) women who have caught their husbands cheating -- highly sexed women for whom marital relations are frequent and varied. There are men who cheat whose wives are beautiful, personable and sexually eager. There are men who would never consider straying whose wives are ill-kept, unpleasant and unavailable. Some men do; some men don't. It's as simple as that. Joanne Kanoff, Cherry Hill
Thank you, Mark Dixon, for reminding us that "Bill was entitled" (Inquirer, March 6). The fact that Hillary Clinton is an intelligent woman, invested and involved with "minor" issues, a role model for today's women, is nothing when compared with her duty as wife to service her husband's needs. The fact that he is not in her league in terms of honesty and dignity should mean nothing. The fact that his behavior would certainly repulse any intelligent wife should mean nothing. If she says, "No," she is frigid, or a lesbian, and he is certainly entitled to prey on other less discerning victims. Heidi E. Rozak, Philadelpia
Mark Dixon, there is more to learn from this story than the possibility of soccer moms' failing in the bedroom (Inquirer, March 6). The big story has been about Bill Clinton's choice to use legal jargon, letting others seem to be liars. That says a lot about a person. Accepting it tells us something about ourselves. I never hoped for or supported impeachment. I had hoped we could learn something about the beauty, the need for truth and responsibility. Ruth Westkaemper, Abington
Let me try another reading on this. Maybe, just maybe Hillary Clinton got turned off sex with Bill because Bill screwed around, often and for years (Inquirer, March 6). I can tell you that most women would find that kind of philandering a major turnoff. Maybe if Bill had said no, none of this would have happened. Linda Gunn, Wyncote
And from my e-mail... I hope you're not getting any. I found your piece in Saturday's Inquirer to be offensive, even appalling. Kekeohane
You hit the nail on the head with your column in today's Phila Inq. I believe many men typically have a greater need for sex than many women. And, I believe from personal experience and anecdotal evidence, that women seem to want sex less after marriage. I say this having gotten married just three months ago. I dated my wife for six and a half years and we always had an active sex life. Since we got married, I don't mind saying since you brought it up, it's dropped off considerably. I don't know why, in fact have joked about it with friends, but it is true. Steven
Just read your March 6 Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed. IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SPOKE OUT ABOUT MARITAL NEGLECT AND ITS CONSEQUENCE! Thanks for having the courage, and the power of the pen at your disposal, to say something. Daniel
What you say could be true for a couple who had a healthy sex life and then it went south let us say in their mid forties. But Clinton has a marriage long history of infidelity. You might also say that Clinton has the same problem that many lower class men have who assume postions of responsibility. They do not know how to handle it. Fran070533
Just read your piece in the Inquirer and thought I'd comment on a favorite subject of mine, too! You hit the nail on the head! I think what you said (finally, someone calls a spade a spade!) is absolutely true! I remember sitting 10 years ago with a group of women friends and being absolutely stunned to hear them complaining about how often their husbands wanted sex! Peggy Jo
Your Internet friend says that "after marriage, women decrease the frequency of sex." Perhaps that is true, particularly when women get involved in bearing and raising children. However, those couples who maintain their interest in sex with each other do so by building a partnership in which both people take responsibility for creating positive sexual encounters---with the stuff that romance is made of, candlelight dinners, music, perhaps dancing, or perhaps planning for a time to get away from the daily routine. And if both partners don't share in that responsibility, then perhaps the partner who is most interested in sex needs to take that responsibility. Jeanr
I'm in the process of chiming-in on the editorial about SUV's. While I'm at it, I want to compliment you on your article "Inside the marriage bedroom." It was insightful and very witty. Cantwell3d
It's a sad state of affairs when the country is homing in on this Clinton deal when in truth a majority of the country are affected by the same situation. Its also sad to hear women talking about their husbands as if they were monogomous - there is so much going on out there. Rob
Wow. You're going to take some MAJOR heat for the Lewinsky column but I think you're right on target. Wow. Good luck dodging the bullets. Phyllis
 Mark
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Mark Dixon spends
way too much time in
locker rooms and corner bars (Inquirer, March 6). I can't think
where else he would get the impression that men who cheat on their wives do so
because all they hear is "No" at home.