The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer is a story about families in a small town that fall victim to a very strange spell – the women of the town completely lose their libidos. The story focuses on a couple, English teachers at the local high school, but includes many other couples as well. An energetic new drama teacher joins the faculty at the school and chooses Lysistrata for the school play, a work in which the women go on a sex strike to end a war. Gradually, all of the women of the town lose interest in their mates.
Although this book was enjoyable, I felt that it was terribly cliché that the women were the ones who stopped feeling sexual desire. In pop culture, why is it that men never seem to be the ones turning away from the prospect of sex? I get the feeling that this book just perpetuates the stereotype that men enjoy sex and women don’t. But like I said, the story was entertaining and enjoyable, and the social commentary isn’t necessarily a big part of the book.
Although this book was enjoyable, I felt that it was terribly cliché that the women were the ones who stopped feeling sexual desire. In pop culture, why is it that men never seem to be the ones turning away from the prospect of sex? I get the feeling that this book just perpetuates the stereotype that men enjoy sex and women don’t. But like I said, the story was entertaining and enjoyable, and the social commentary isn’t necessarily a big part of the book.
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