You know, if I were going to try and place bets on one metaphor, allegory, comparison, lesson, whatever that Ian Martin was trying to make with this show, I'd be willing to place money that he was trying to show, in a very interesting way (which was a delayed reaction with me) the effects of the aforementioned "sexual revolution" of the 60s. Remember, we were just starting to intensely experience the aftereffects (which are, sadly, lingering with us today) of it around the time of this play's original airing.

But I'm not a betting man, and that's probably for the best.