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I read an article in a recent Alantic Monthly that compared Judy Blume's coming of age stories to a couple of new works that deal with sexuality in girls. One was called The Rainbow Party, I believe, where every invited boy receives oral sex from the girls. The article's point was that Judy Blume was describing female sexuality as something wonderful, God-given if you will, that women should experience on their own terms for their own pleasure. Apparently, she wrote another book about a young woman's initiation into pleasurable sex. The reviewer lamented that today's books (societal attitudes?) are focused on servicing boys, a step backwards from the "Liberated Seventies." I guess it's more than just the belt that is outdated.
