"True; though that play -- " I nod towards her copy " -- is hardly sex-friendly. Well. War friendly. But I know quite a few professors who prefer to focus on the sex."
She raises her eyebrows, flips to a scene near the beginning of the play, and passes it to him.
"You read how Cleonice reacts to taking the oath of celibacy and tell me that the women in this play don't enjoy sex. I'm not surprised professors focus on that -- it must be easier to keep students' attentions with dirty jokes than with anti-war preaching."
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"Hardly! If I wanted something anti-sex, I'd read Lear."
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"You read how Cleonice reacts to taking the oath of celibacy and tell me that the women in this play don't enjoy sex. I'm not surprised professors focus on that -- it must be easier to keep students' attentions with dirty jokes than with anti-war preaching."
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