Benson
2008-01-23 22:51:00
When Dr. H. said some men denied being interested in sex, she expressed herself ambiguously. We do not know what she was thinking, or whether she was implying anything, but it is a good bet she meant, “They deceitfully claim they are not interested.”
Why? The Oxford Concise (10th edition) says that deny has the primary meaning, “refuse to admit the truth or existence of.”
I don’t know how Dr. H. meant to use the word “deny.” Yet there is a question, and one answer to it is the most likely.
