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‘Fear of Flying’ Is 50. What Happened to Its Dream of Freedom Through Sex?

With its feminist take on sexual pleasure, Erica Jong’s novel caused a sensation in 1973. But the revolution Jong promoted never came to pass.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/books/review/erica-jong-fear-of-flying.html

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Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Flying’ Is 50. What Happened to Its Dream of Freedom Through Sex?

With its feminist take on sexual pleasure, Erica Jong’s novel caused a sensation in 1973. But the revolution Jong promoted never came to pass.

The New York Times
Nov 14, 2023 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadLaurenZannah in Techland🏳️‍⚧️Nov 14, 2023
@SDZ Not to give my armchair opinion on the researched article or anything, but I think such a revolution is bubbling, I just don’t think it’s as *straight* as they suppose. The world just turns more slowly and messily than one book changing a society so fundamentally
Show threadShu DaiziNov 14, 2023
@LaurenZannah I agree - the framing of the article as 'the sexual revolution never came to pass' is facile and rather click-baity. The revolution is happening and continues to evolve in ways that might not have been clear when she wrote it.
Show threadWINGS_radioNov 17, 2023
@SDZ I haven't read the article but I lived through the era. Basically, what happened was STDs.
Show threadShu DaiziNov 17, 2023
@WINGS_radio Absolutely. That's the truth.