Peter Lehman

Relates a host of wide-ranging films to a literary tradition dating back to D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. Through a compelling narrative, it argues that the hero's body, lovemaking style, and penis celebrate conformity to norms of masculinity and male sexuality. Just when women began to successfully compete with men in the workplace, these movies, if you will, unzip the penis as the one thing women do not have but want and need for their fulfilment.