Heloïse: “I see no incongruity in it.” Thisbe: “No incongruity in a nun being around so much … erotic activity?” Heloïse: “On the contrary, what could be more appropriate? Celibacy is the most extreme of sexual perversions, after all.” That one floored even Thisbe. “What?” Heloïse: “Sexual desire is the purest and most natural of animal drives. To suppress it in favor of an intellectual and theological satisfaction is a perversion of nature in the most extreme sense. Why, even to fornicate alone, or with many people at once, or with a machine, or an ass or hound, is closer to Nature’s intent
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