# What is this book's title and author?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587 "2021-07-15T22:55:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/1 "2021-07-15T22:55:21Z")
In the late 80’s or early 90’s I read a fiction novel about gender reversed society. It wasn’t a fantasy or sci-fi novel, or set on some other planet, etc. The protagonist of the book was a male, but was timid, shy , etc. I can’t recall the character’s name, but it wasn’t a strong masculine name but more diminutive like “Dickey”. The book was written as somewhat of a satire. And for some reason I recollect that it was written by a popular author. I don’t believe that it was newly published when I read it, as I checked it out of the library where I lived back then.
I do recall one scene where that in order for procreation, many women would force men to ejaculate using prostate massage.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/2 "2021-07-16T00:31:24Z")
Your last comment on the book rings a bell for me, but I can remember almost nothing else about the story. I look forward to finding out more.
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/3 "2021-07-16T02:01:14Z")
I’m going with Piers Anthony, the SOS the Rope trilogy.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/4 "2021-07-16T13:41:43Z")
Could be, I did read that whole trilogy as an impressionable teen (with questionable tastes in literature). **Var the Stick, Sos the Rope, Neq the Sword**. Lordy, he did crank them out.
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### Author:  [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/5 "2021-07-16T13:53:50Z")
I remember the book, but like yourself, not the title or author. 😥
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/6 "2021-07-16T15:37:18Z")
Was it **Regiment of Women** by Thomas Berger?\* I would classify it as science fiction myself, but tastes differ.
> **[Regiment of Women: A Novel: Berger, Thomas: 9780316092425: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Regiment-Women-Novel-Thomas-Berger/dp/0316092428)**
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> Regiment of Women: A Novel \[Berger, Thomas\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Regiment of Women: A Novel
\*Probably best known for **Little Big Man** , which was made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman. He also wrote **Neighbors** , which became a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd movie. I found his **Arthur Rex** – a sex-and-violence retelling of the stories of King Arthur – a hoot, even though nobody’s filmed it.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587/7 "2021-07-16T16:37:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Was it **Regiment of Women** by Thomas Berger?
Ding Ding Ding — Yes, that’s it! It was during a phase that I was reading a lot of Thomas Berger, I couldn’t recall now.
Thank you.