Sexuality

Written to confront the clamor and hysteria of a society which craves its daily fix of just about anything and everything sexual by just about anybody and everybody, Sexuality: A Satire defers little to subtlety. Ms. Edwards lambastes every tentacle of this curious fascination and buttresses her points with scientific, religious, and philosophical premises, drawing equally from the Bible and from Darwin, and visiting the works of a number of historyas greatest scholars to find relevant and sensible contributions to her treatise. Those yearning for a steamy voyage through a carnal candy store will find their hopes deflated at every crucial juncture, as common sexual quirks and obsessions come under the sights of a well-schooled markswoman. Special venom is leveled at those who rationalize cruel and destructive behavior by assigning it some asexuala justification and those who suggest that we are all prisoners of our lower instincts.