Polina's sixteen-year-old daughter, Alice is described as "a Renaissance princess come back to life." She expresses an active desire to have sex with her mother. She and Molly become lovers, but when Alice informs her mother of their relationship, she is never allowed to see Molly again.
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Polina is a married woman who teaches medieval studies at Columbia University in New York City. When Molly reveals her sexuality to her, Polina reacts in a stereotypically homophobic way: she informs Molly that she is straight and already has a lover, Paul Digita. After seeing her psychiatrist for a while, Polina decides that it is okay for Molly to be a lesbian.
Eventually the two women become lovers. Polina can only achieve sexual climax by acting.....
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