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FocusBut the Italian public has gone a step further. Contrary toour own abhorence (or obsession) of sexual scandal in politics,a portion of the Italian electorate sent a fonner porn queen toparliamentIlona Staller, parliamentarian extraordina.i.re, was born inHungary 40 years ago, moved to Rome when she was 17,studying ballet, piano, and violin. She deduced that audiencesat her concerts preferred to seehernuderatherthan playing theviolin, so she entered the world of pornographic entertainmentShe claims to have made one of the few ftlms showingcondoms, and insists that she is the dominant partner in anysex scene. Among her props are dildos which she even totesto press conferences. Italy's Radical Party (equivalent to ourLibertarian Party) invited Cicciolina, her stage name ("littlefleshpot'') to join the slate of candidates for the Italian Parlia-Roman men In close encounters.(From an ancient Italian silver cup)Not since Cle0patra made mush of Julius and Anthonyhave two women exposed Italy's sexual proctivities. Anancient soul has been bared.Competing ValuesTo get the right perspective on what is going on today inItaly we need to flashback to times gone by:Signorina Moana Pozzi, the newest porno-politicianment Notwithstanding the Party's motives - publicity orprotest- Staller won election in 1987 after campaigningnaked with a snake.A force to be reckoned with, Staller wants even Italians toblush. She had promised, or threatened, to appear barebreastedbefore her legislative colleagues, and offered to go tobed with Saddam Hussein during the Persian Gulf War if hereleased his hostages. Such pranks along with her frequentabsences from parliamentary votes eroded Cicciolina 's politicalaffection among party hacks, causing her to drop out of the1992 race. Nevertheless, the trend is catching on. A newpolitical faction, the Love Party, fielded a native daughterturned porn star. Moana Pozzi, 30, ran unsuccessfully for theItalian parliament this year. An incurable romantic, Pozzimanaged to sway a few votes.Fall/Winter 1992In the ancient world three major forces struggled for theItalian psyche - the Erruscan, the Greek, and the JudeaChristian. Each brought with ita view of sexuality at variancewith the others. We know, for example, that the early JudeaChristian morality demanded chaste women and circumspectbehavior. Nudity of any son was forbidden and females weretreated as chattel. The Greeks, on the other hand were all fornudity and men freely indulged all the vices without limit.Still, Greek women were either playthings or sequesteredmothers. The Etruscans- that mysterious breed that flow-( Continued p. 25)VIctims of the old Italian law against divorce, SophiaLoren and Carlo Ponti had to leave Italy to get married.13The Italic Way
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