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- LETTERS, Page 17Aphrodite Defended
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- Essayist Jesse Birnbaum stirred up some controversy with
- his April 24 piece "Aphrodite Was No Lady." We've received
- letters from ten readers complaining that the treatment of the
- fabled goddess and the examination of matters aphrodisiac were
- unfair. As one of the critics put it, "Aphrodite is the symbol
- of love; the making of blatantly sexist jokes at womankind's
- expense is an outrage."
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