Might Profane be gay?

[Mark Kohut]

At least one scholar, according to Grant of the Companion, argues that
it is the constant horniness---first OED citation is from V., I believe---of the
young men amidst the sexually repressed fifties that allows and shows
distorted masculinity/sexuality....(I paraphrase)

Remember this line, p. 12 perennial edition: "reminded of a good Catholic girl back in the States where sex was
either for free---or for marriage?)"..love that question mark.

Slut or 'good girl"/virgin.....duality back then? 

But in bohemian circles this is changing? 

----- Original Message ----
From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 10:08:04 PM
Subject: Re: Might Profane be gay?

On Jun 15, 2010, at 6:59 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

>  The novel, however, seems rather homophobic by today's standards.

The novel's  false impersonation of Le Sacre du Printemps is a particularly jarring example. It's almost as if the author is begging for our forgiveness when La Jarretière magically reappears in Against the Day.