Chapter 13, Part 4 - Having Fun - 3 Summary and Analysis

For the lesbian authors, the cultural view is limited to late twentieth century America. Here, public sex is not the norm. It exists in the form of people doing this at parties - usually couples, where many of the guests will feel that they should ignore the behavior the same way that underground passengers ignore one another while cramped together during rush hour. There are exceptions to this general rule and they are the next topic.

Pornography specializes in producing sex that is okay for others to watch. There are also special sex clubs that sometimes include live sexual activity as a staged, or intentionally public spectacle. The other aspect of public sex that is covered, is the matter of private sexual activity in rather public atmospheres. The authors describe this...