Very Pynchonian: Endemic sexism. Goes out to Laura.

[Mark Kohut]

"it is no secret nowadays, particularly to women, that many American
males, even those
of middle-aged appearance.wearing suits and holding down jobs, are in
fact, incredible
as it sounds, still small boys inside.Flange is this type of character...."
                         ---Intro to SLOW LEARNER, p.10

"maybe I was picking up on male attitudes that were in the air---more
documentable, inside the
pages of men's magazines, Playboy in particular. I don't think this
magazine was the projection,
exclusively, of it's publisher's private values: if American men had
not widely shared such
values, Playboy would have quickly failed and faded from the scene."
                           ---Ibid. p. 10
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