![]() ![]() 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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