Politics of Sex

His wife is the true expert, not he. She understands the politics of the thing. At this his wife is a superstar.
Sex is important to her, but only as a bargaining chip. To this truth he has come: His wife rather trades or barters than enjoys the thing. She invests herself, and so cannot afford the pleasure. She prefers power to pleasure. His wife is brilliant at the politics. At the politics, she is Machiavelli.
He says this without apparent bitterness, as if this were a law of Nature itself. A universal thing without any personal malice toward him. He is simply another of Nature's fools. Or, as he calls himself, a dope.