1964

Stern, Heft 7, 16. Februar 1964 Gordian Troeller sprach mit den geretteten Opfern der Schwestern González. Er berichtet, weshalb die Mordschwestern Jahre lang unbehelligt blieben. "Seit es in Havana keine Kinder mehr zu kaufen gibt, kann Kuba mir gestohlen bleiben.“ Genau das sind die Worte, die ein deutscher Herr aus New York mir vor ein paar Jahren anvertraute. Wir saßen…

Stern magazine, issue 50, December 13, 1964: „Is it true that European women are sexually happier than we are? Is it supposed to be seven to one in favor of European women?“ The question lands on my plate as if it were meant to make the tough meat even more tasteless. Betty, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the house, asked it. I look to her parents for help…

Stern, Issue 49, December 6, 1964. It's three o'clock in Chicago. I'm on time. Helen left her apartment door open, and I simply walked in. Early this morning she had called me to postpone our date until the afternoon: "I have to see a psychiatrist. It's about my future. Don't be angry." However, I hadn't believed she was in this…

Stern, Issue 48, November 29, 1964. The average American woman breaks up three times in her lifetime. She has 2.04 children and marries at nineteen. More than a quarter get divorced, 70 percent of them due to a lack of sexual harmony. Twenty-six percent of American women are considered frigid. Forty percent enter marriage more or less untouched or marry the man…

Stern, Issue 47, November 22, 1964. In Cuba, the revolution has radically changed the lot of women. The old taboos have fallen. Now reign: rifles, buttocks, and optimism. Am I a saint? When I see a pretty girl, my gaze travels from top to bottom, lingering a little longer where the features are most beautiful: in the face…

Stern, Issue 46, November 15, 1964. I feel the first kick on my left calf. The second lands in the back of my right knee. The third was meant to reach my backside, but the eager kicker aimed too high. His legs are too short. He lost his balance and is lying on the ground. When I try to pick him up by the collar, he bites me…

Stern, Issue 43, October 25, 1964. I am forty-five. Until I was twenty, I was Mr. Müller's daughter. Then I became Mr. Lehmann's wife, and over time, increasingly the mother of Karl, Walter, and Ursula. I have never been myself. Perhaps briefly between eighteen and twenty, when I was working. But that was just a holiday. A…

Stern, Issue 51, December 20, 1964. Orly, the Paris airport, is the pride of the French. Everything glitters. And it smells of Paris. Only the customs officers aren't having a good day. They're giving orders more than they're asking. "Do you have anything to declare?" "No." "Open up." The American passenger looks at me imploringly. He doesn't speak French, and I…

Stern, Heft 44, 01. November 1964 Brasilien ist die erste Etappe auf unserer Reise um die Welt. Ein heißes Land mit schönen Frauen. Rio, Karneval, Copacabana und aufregende Mulattinnen sind die gängigen Vorstellungen. Brasilien ist aber auch ein Schulbeispiel der männlichen Vorherrschaft alten Stils. „Er hat den Spaß und sie das Kind“ – dieser Satz bestimmt bis auf den heutigen…

Stern, Heft 45, 8. November 1964 Peru gilt in Südamerika als das Paradies der Frauen und die Hölle der Männer. In Lima hat die List der Frauen den Hahnenstolz der Herren besiegt und sich untergeordnet. Die Indianerinnen brauchen ihre Macht nicht zu erschleichen. Bei den Erben der Inkas haben Mann und Frau gleiche Rechte „Wer ist euer Ideal?“ ist eine…