The Politics Of Desire

June, 1994

I'd like to begin with an anecdote from the front lines of lust.I know a recently divorced man who was nervous about dating again. He went to a hot-tub place with two women, one a colleague, the other, her friend. Things got rather steamy in the tub--the women were crawling all over him, sitting on his lap, daring him to get more amorous. He resisted since he felt that he could not read their intent. He wasn't even sure if they understood it. The night ended with no more physical contact.One wom...