Rita desires humiliation at the hands of her daughter, son and their partners. She feels she was a poor mother when they were growing up and wants to put matter right. As waitress at a dinner party, now is her opportunity.
Fifteen year-old Young Cathy Howe is sassy, self-assured and often acts too big for her britches. Three senior girls in her high school plot to take her down a peg with some private stripping, strapping and general humiliation. Everyone gets more than they expected.
The war started when it seemed unlikely that there would be any war at all. Now, it was full participation by all the citizens of the republic and Sniper Joe's libido was in full court press looking for available nubile females.