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Chapter 6
Iliketalkingtothem;buttalkingtothem,thoughitmakesmeintimateinonedirection,setsmepolesapartfromthemasfaraskissingisconcerned.Sothereyouare!Butdon’ttakemeasageneralexample,probablyI’mjustaspecialcase:oneofthemenwholikewomen,butdon’tlovewomen,andevenhatethemiftheyforcemeintoapretenceoflove,oranentangledappearance.
’Butdoesn’titmakeyousad?’
’Whyshouldit?Notabit!IlookatCharlieMay,andtherestofthemenwhohaveaffairs...No,Idon’tenvythemabit!IffatesentmeawomanIwanted,wellandgood.SinceIdon’tknowanywomanIwant,andneverseeone...why,IpresumeI’mcold,andreallylikesomewomenverymuch.’
’Doyoulikeme?’
’Verymuch!Andyouseethere’snoquestionofkissingbetweenus,isthere?’
’Noneatall!’saidConnie.’Butoughtn’ttheretobe?’
’Why,inGod’sname?IlikeClifford,butwhatwouldyousayifIwentandkissedhim?’
’Butisn’tthereadifference?’
’Wheredoesitlie,asfaraswe’reconcerned?We’reallintelligenthumanbeings,andthemaleandfemalebusinessisinabeyance.Justinabeyance.Howwouldyoulikemetostartactinguplikeacontinentalmaleatthismoment,andparadingthesexthing?’
’Ishouldhateit.’
’Wellthen!Itellyou,ifI’mreallyamalethingatall,Ineverrunacrossthefemaleofmyspecies.AndIdon’tmissher,Ijustlikewomen.Who’sgoingtoforcemeintolovingorpretendingtolovethem,workingupthesexgame?’
’No,I’mnot.
