Maria’s Reviews > The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex > Status Update

“I sit in the cramped airplane seat with my legs comfortably spread, my elbows on both armrests, exuding a physical entitlement to the space I occupy. So much of heterosexual attraction is contingent on the minimization and infantilization of the female body. Crossed legs, tilted heads, widened eyes, slackened mouth. A disregard for this affect suggests that a woman’s desires lie elsewhere.“