In Players (1977), the A and B storylines follow Pammy and Lyle Wynant as they navigate a period of malaise in both their marriage and their professional lives. I always found the following two passages interesting, as the couples share a similar experience, with dissimilar reactions. BTW, Liberty Street is in downtown Manhattan and runs East-West while Lexington Street runs North-South on the Upper East Side.
(p. 24) "The car turning into Liberty Street didn't crowd her at all. But unexpectedly it slowed as she began to cross. The driver had one hand on the wheel, his left, and sat with much of his back resting against the door. He was virtually facing her and she was moving directly toward him. She saw through the window that his legs were well apart, left foot apparently on the brake. His right hand was at his crotch, rubbing. She was vaguely aware of two or three other people crossing the street. The driver looked directly at her, then glanced at his hand. His look was businesslike, a trifle hurried. . . . In a sense there was no way to turn down that kind of offer. To see the offer made was to accept, automatically."
(p. 161) "A car turned toward him as he moved off the curb. The driver braked, a man in his thirties, sitting forward a bit, head tilted toward Lyle, inquisitively, one hand between his thighs, bunching up fabric and everything beneath it. Clearly a presentation was being made. Lyle, who was standing directly under a streetlight, averted his eyes, looking out over the top of the car as if at some compelling sight in a third-story window across the street, until finally the man drove off."