Of course, my point has been missed - the culture of vanity and self-obsession has been the ruination of women, AND men. THAT is what I fly from.
How I long for 1775.
I find it hilarious how the mere mention of a contrary opinion brings forth quotes from sexual satire. In fact, the modern world is EXACTLY the one imagined by Southern - one in which obsession with sex and phallic sufficiency is undermining civilization. I have no need to get my rocks off. I am cast out of the penile/vulvic mob by the thought-crime of preferring satori to orgasms.