Book 3, Philosophy in the Bedroom : Chapter 2, Dialogue 3 - Part 2 Summary

Readers have traversed the gap from general writings deeply into sexually graphic writing during the first part of the third dialogue. For those old enough or curious enough to have delved into it, readers will see that the Marquis is now leading people through something that is more like the Rocky Horror Picture Show in its theme, but unlike that has gone further into what are called 'romance novels', and then has passed further. Are the words and images invoked by the Marquis so intense as to qualify as 'trashy pornography' or as 'classy pornography'?

The encounter is a set up. It is 'prolonged'. The older woman is delighted to include the younger and to share in pleasures of her and the man while educating her in...