Power of Persuasion (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Book

Gender politics is the central focus of this novel. The new library supervisor, Mo Moon, and her two attractive daughters, Calli and Polly, appear to be the answer to Greek student Allison Gianakous's prayers. She feels oppressed by her strict father and the Moons are female supremacists who wield an apparently hypnotic power over people of both sexes. To Cordelia's dismay, the new girls become the centre of attention at Sunnydale High and surround themselves with a growing clique of aggressive girls and passive boys. Buffy becomes really worried when the reclusive Willow joins the clique and begins to wear their "Womyn Power" T-shirts. Giles is also behaving strangely and when Xander falls under the Moons' influence as well, it's up to Cordelia and Oz to help Buffy figure out who the Moons are and how to defeat them.The all-out sex war that follows is deliberately contrasted against the series' usually sophisticated take on cross-gender relationships. The Moons are campaigning to enslave males and this simplification of the world into warring females and males is clearly to be resisted. Victory against the Moons is victory for everyone, in the words of Oz: to "be whatever the best in us wants of us." --Elizabeth SourbutRead More