![]() A sharp-witted, outgoing but completely unknown single mother of one, Fontaine becomes the sudden and surprising leader of the feminist movement. Fontaine invokes the idea first presented by Lysistrata in the ancient Greek play by Aristophanes, asking for a simple abstention from what our entire society, culture and almost all commercial industries thrive upon: nooky.Ī hard-working, high-rolling trader accustomed to both the gambling excitement of Wall Street and the chauvinistic ways of her male co-workers, Fontaine had further ascended the ranks of financial success by becoming a managing partner of a large firm inAtlanta. Not from their jobs and in the workplace, but at home and in the bedroom. Fontaine urges the women of America to protest, asking for them to go on strike. When Congress refuses to impeach the justice or even bring him to trial, the successful corporate executive is outraged. When the wife of a Supreme Court justice commits suicide to end years of spousal abuse, closet feminist Lauren Fontaine is saddened. The answer may be no, as Anne O’Faulk’s refreshingly sex-free yet sexy novel, “Holding Out” (Simon & Schuster), demonstrates. ![]() ![]() Birds do it, bees do it, and then TV talk-show hosts talk about it, so why not? Sex sex sex. ![]() This seems to be a reflection of the obsessive world around us-sex is everywhere and influences everything. Speaking from little experience, I can imagine that sometimes the headache and time-of-the-month excuses just don’t work. ![]()
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