Is Erica Jong suffering from brain damage?

Looks like it to me:

Of course we've all experienced the exhilaration of travelling abroad and suddenly being able to speak freely about things we would not say in Texas or Washington.

She is referring to the Middle East , by the way, which since since the fall of Texas and Washington, is apparently the last great bastion of feminist free speech.

I am perplexed that smart, well-educated people take her seriously.

Of course women in the Middle East need the vote, an end to domestic violence and free access to contraception. But so do we.

Huh? American women don't have the vote? I guess...I guess...Darn, I wish Newsweek would quit wasting time on Korans which weren't flushed down toilets and TELL people that the XIX Amendment ("The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.") has been repealed. That one slipped by. I just didn't notice the repeal effort, much less that it had been succesful. I blame John Ashcroft.

American women don't have free access to contraception? When was the last time she walked into a Walgreens? Or does she mean free in the sense of "paid for by someone else"? Why not free shoes while you're at it, Erica? Don't American women have a right to shoes paid for by someone else? Or is it her view that the Bushies want women to be both barefoot and pregnant?

Hmmm...This is scary. Danielle Crittenden has a good reply to Jong in the Huffington Post blog, and Jong has replied in the comments:

I think Ms. Bush's stated concern with women's freedom in the Middle East is a screen to hide our deteriorating women's rights at home.

Can Erica say "paranoia"? I do think that Erica Jong has taken leave of her senses.