Het ritsloze nummer by Erica Jong5/28/2023 Whatever its purpose, Fear of Flying is not a great piece of literature. The effect? - A bunch of women still bound by the same social-sexual rules and mores, now left with prematurely sagging breasts. It has the same effect as when women declared their freedom by burning bras. I am simply stating that the book feels artless and ostentatious. This does not mean I view her book as pornographic and without purpose. Women are not freed by dehumanizing our sexual decisions and experiences. Lawrence composed a beautiful and passionate piece of literature, where Erica Jong described sexual freedom by using coarse phrases, repetitively. The major disparity between these two books is literary. The difference being, Lady Chatterly desired sexual freedom and choice and Isadora (FOF protagonist) had it. What I cannot figure out is this – why was there such a commotion over Fear of Flying? Hadn’t anyone read Lady Chatterly’s Lover? The binding force between these two novels is the mind-body relationship to be a whole woman one must feel actively alive in both areas. Yet, this was the age of the 60’s to early 70’s, with free love and a casual sense of commitment. Show More attitude towards STD’s is frightening.
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