The author on Brass
"Millie, at least on some subconscious level was an angry retort to the radical feminism of the second wave. In Millie I created a character that fucked, used and violated. Her sex is hedonistic, impulsive, animalistic and absolutely apolitical. I wanted to free the fictional representation of woman from her biological braces, and free the female fuck from gendered analyses, to create an orgasm that was neither political nor guilt ridden, but a bestial howl of pleasure."
http://www.helen-walsh.co.uk/books/brass/