two or three things i know for sure

Dorothy is basically a hard core feminist. The interesting thing about this book is that you get to hear of a womens insecurities. Dorothy Allison put this book together well by being able to relate to any women gay or straight by shedding light up on the many hardships that women face, and there obligation to be sheltered and innocent. On page 54 she writes "Women talk about sex in such strange ways- carefully, obliquely, cautiously, almost shamefully." Males are more comfortable, and more likely to openly talk about sex, in most cases with pride, which is the complete opposite of how most women talk about it. She then goes on to say that "the art of flirting is the art of indirection." This is something that caught my attention right away in the book. If you really think about flirting, it in fact is an art of indirection.When you flirt, you try to relate, as well as propose your best behavior towards someone in a way that YOU think you can get that person to begin to have interest in you. You paint a picture of yourself and leave yourself vulnerable to someone and see if they take the bait, and spark a relationship. Dorothy thought herself immune to love and boys, due to her family passed with boys, this made her want women instead. Through her own eyes she can analyse women because she is one and tell a story with it. In the same passage she says (talking about flirting with another women) "Talk to me. Tell me who you are, what you want, what you never had, the story you've always been afraid to tell." She said that most women blush and squirm in reaction to this, and now and then a few gather up the courage to flirt back. I Think that her way of outright talking to a women and asking her these questions digs deep into a womens insecurities which is why she gets the response she gets.