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Battle of the Sexes

Sex and Tennis "You can almost watch a couple play mixed doubles and know whether they should stay together."

Cabin Fever? LOVERS AND TYRANTS by Francine du Plessix Gray. "I knew I would rather die brutally, prematurely, than lead the life my husband would have preferred for me."

The New Housewife Blues TOTAL WOMAN by Marabel Morgan; TOTAL JOY by Marabel Morgan.

The Sting MCKAY'S BEES by Thomas McMahon. "A hive is a feminist state [...]. Male bees are scarce, underfed and all but useless."

Be Kind to your Mugger "Gimme your money or I'll cut you."

The Uses of Disenchantment: A Fable for Our Time by Timothy Foote.

Two is Company INTO YOUR TENT I'LL CREEP by Peter De Vries.

Whim and Weltschmerz THE CAT'S PAJAMAS & WITCH'S MILK by Peter De Vries.

Seek, Seek, Seek HARRY, THE RAT WITH WOMEN by Jules Feiffer.

Lib and Let Lib Some of the best feminist books available in 1972: THE FEMALE EUNUCH by Germaine Greer; WOMAN'S PLACE by Cynthia F. Epstein; THINKING ABOUT WOMEN by Mary Ellmann; BORN FEMALE by Caroline Bird; REBIRTH OF FEMINISM by Judith Hole and Ellen Levine.

The Ghostwriter's Story AUTHOR FROM A SAVAGE PEOPLE by Bette Pesetsky.

Wellesley Remembered: Reminiscences of a Harvard Man There is no putting the genie of free sex back in the bottle, of course.

Uncouples MARRY ME by John Updike.

Venus Observed THE CAMBERWELL BEAUTY AND OTHER STORIES by V.S. Pritchett.

Shall We Disjoin The Ladies? THE GIRLS by Henri de Montherlant

Visions and Visitations MEN AND ANGELS by Theodora Ward Much thought has been given to the thorny question of whether angels were male or female.

The Elves THE PRIME OF LIFE by Simone de Beauvoir.