The Playboy Forum

November, 1980

Ritual of ResistanceWilliam Dilligham's comments on the "ritual of resistance" (The Playboy Forum. July), though obviously well meant, reflect the age-old male myth that women pretend not to want sexual intercourse, that they act coy or "tease" men. While Dillingham speaks from his own experiences of years ago and notes that times have changed a bit, I cannot understand how any man, faced with a pleading woman who says she doesn't want to go any further, could ignore her and...