{"id":761,"date":"2007-04-27T03:23:36","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T09:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/04\/27\/761\/"},"modified":"2007-04-27T08:05:52","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T14:05:52","slug":"761","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"No Headline Really Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’d have asked me twenty minutes ago about the fields that seemed to combine the least long-term upside with the most short-term danger or at least unpleasantness, I’d have suggested:<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Ryan Rhodes’ plumber<\/p>\n

4. Minnesota Monitor’s <\/em>journalism teacher<\/p>\n

3. Courtney Love’s accountant<\/p>\n

2. Moslem sex-advice radio host.<\/p>\n

1. Etiquette consultant for Democrat bloggers<\/p>\n

Twenty minutes later, I see I’m totally wrong:<\/p>\n

Dr. Heba Kotb is tackling a taboo in the Arab world unlike anyone else: She’s talking about sex openly on a show broadcast all over the Middle East.<\/p>\n

It’s a big first in these parts of the world, and Kotb leaves little uncovered.<\/p>\n

“We talk about masturbation … sex over the Internet. We talk about sex and Ramadan. We talk about the wedding night,” said Kotb. Entitled “The Big Talk,” the show is broadcast once a week over a satellite channel from Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n

It took the 39-year-old mother three years of negotiations to get her show on the air. And a main reason she succeeded is that she talks only about sex allowed in the Quran — sex between husband and wife. (Watch sexologist describe why sex is good<\/font><\/a> \"Video\"<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But even with that guideline, it’s no easy sell.<\/p>\n

The promo for “The Big Talk” starts with Kotb saying, “Sex. Don’t be afraid. Join me to talk about sex without shame.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m assuming there will be plenty of burka-related questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’d have asked me twenty minutes ago about the fields that seemed to combine the least long-term upside with the most short-term danger or at least unpleasantness, I’d have suggested: 5.\u00a0Ryan Rhodes’ plumber 4. Minnesota Monitor’s journalism teacher 3. Courtney Love’s accountant 2. Moslem sex-advice radio host. 1. Etiquette consultant for Democrat bloggers Twenty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}