Hollywood’s depiction of nuns a case of ‘Veiled Desires’

[Cleita]

1. Hollywood has often portrayed nuns as forbidden fruit, however, I lived

with nuns in convent boarding schools. They are more like the nuns on the bus that people know from being interviewed on the news. Most are very involved in their life's work whether teaching, medicine or social work. They work killer schedules whereas I'm sure they consider the hours they spend in prayer as a rest period. They also take the time to play sports, go swimming and go on picnics on a rare day off. Their sense of community I believe makes up for their foregoing marriage and family and they don't have enough time on their hands to miss those things.

It's a good secure life if you don't mind having to follow orders, much like in the military. Too bad Hollywood doesn't make a movie about the way they really are.