Katie Roiphe, Naomi Wolf and Susie Bright will probably never end up in bed together, but if they do, I feel certain that Bright will be the instigator. All three are writing about sex, and their latest books tackle many of the same topics -- teen lust, sex education, the media's influence -- and each does it in her own way. While Bright's style -- locker-room feminism -- is the most direct, Wolf's struggles to keep up with the erotic zeitgeist indicate that she could be persuaded to show up for an orgy but she might not know when to leave. Roiphe, the most enigmatic member of this hypothetical triumvirate, might simply prefer to watch...

Tracy Quan is a contributor to the anthology Whores and Other Feminists (Routledge).