Female Sexuality

One of the perks of writing about sex is that when you disclose this information at cocktail parties, people tend to confess scandalous tidbits, and in this case, very useful information.
It's an odd animal: women's literary fiction -- NOT erotica -- with a brazen, sensual and deeply flawed main character. Carmen is perpetually concerned with, touching and baring her body. Yet the sex never becomes the story; it isn't that sort of book.
A study found that voters evaluate women politicians more on beauty and approachability, while they look for competence and dominance in male politicians. If we're aware of this tendency, let's stop the senseless speculations.