Love and War

[Paul Mackin]

Charles B. yesterday cited Jean's ironic view of sex stereotyping in war.

I wanted to mention a recent development in the domain of THAT
OTHER MEANS  of war, namely politics.  Murray Kempton in
the current New York Review, taking off from Adam's old excuse,
"It was the woman bade me eat,"  ticks off the cases of Rep. Enid Greene,
Sen. Moseley-Braun, P.M. Benazir Bhutto, and ex-mayor of my own
D.C., Sharon Pratt Kelly--each of whom was undone or embarrassed by the
man in her life.

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Note this contrasts with Lbernier's previous take on Jessica on the p-list:

"She's Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca - she'll end up with Beaver because that's what she, 
celluloid femme with no real choice, is expected to do.  Men can
behave badly, after all, they're fighting a war - and it's the women who must
somehow reestablish normality once the men are done with their silliness".