"We jumped* and boped* and stamped around the floor, we hucklebucked until my back is sore but honey, wont you waltz with me once more*.

Sussman’s defense of sluts feels dated (its superb evocation of adolescent makeout sessions notwithstanding); Daphne Merkin’s reflections on the penis, while canny in form, are indulgent in content.

Most of the theory of this section on linear order spaces (and cones) can be generalized to preordered linear spaces (and wedges).

I don't think he has the final answer just yet, but he seems to be on the right track.