I recently read the uncut Stranger in a Strange Land<\/i> (having read the shorter version long long ago, probably before puberty). It contains the phrase “she’s as female as a cat in heat,” which also appears in the same author’s later Time Enough for Love<\/i>; in each case it appears to be intended as a compliment.<\/p>\n
Now that I know a bit about cat sexuality, I think: what, she’s ruled by her gonads even more than a 17yo boy, and miserable until she gets a rather unpleasant chore done?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I recently read the uncut Stranger in a Strange Land (having read the shorter version long long ago, probably before puberty). It contains the phrase “she’s as female as a cat in heat,” which also appears in the same author’s … Continue reading