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She had asked if she might speak to me intimately. I touched her hand.
 She drew her hand back. тАЬDo not do that,тАЭ she said.
тАЬIтАЩm sorry,тАЭ I said.
тАЬI donтАЩt like that sort of thing,тАЭ she said.
тАЬIтАЩm sorry,тАЭ I said.
I was irritated. But I was now more puzzled than ever.
тАЬDo not try to be masculine with me,тАЭ she said. тАЬI am a woman.тАЭ
тАЬDid that come out right?тАЭ I asked, smiling.
тАЬI mean тАШI am a personтАЩ,тАЭ she said. тАЬI have a mind. I am not a sex object, not a thing, a
toy, a bauble.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm sure you have a mind,тАЭ I said. тАЬIf you didnтАЩt, you would be in a very serious
condition.тАЭ
тАЬMen do not value women except for their bodies.тАЭ
тАЬI did not know that,тАЭ I said. тАЬThat sounds like something that would be said only by a
woman whom it would be very difficult to value for her body.тАЭ
тАЬI do not like men,тАЭ she said. тАЬAnd I do not even like my self.тАЭ
тАЬI do not understand the purport of this conversation,тАЭ I said.
In so brief a compass it seemed to me that she had touched on two of the major
ambiguities afflicting the politics she espoused. First there was the insistence on womanhood
coupled simultaneously with the suppression of womanhood, exalting the neuteristic, sexless
ideal of the person. One must be insistent on being a woman, rhe torically, and yet the last
thing one must be is honest to oneтАЩs womanhood. The ideal of the person was the antithesis to
honest sexuality, a device to inhibit and reduce, if not destroy, it. It was, of course, a useful
instrumentality to certain types of women in the pursuit of their political ambitions. In a sense
I thought this wise on their part. They had the good sense to recognize that the sexuality of
human beings, and love, was the major obstacle to the success of their programs. The desire
of women to find love might yet prove fatal to their designs. The second major ambiguity in
the politics involved was the paradoxical combination of hostility toward men coupled with
envy of men. Most briefly put, on the level of primitive simplicity, such women hated men
and yet wished to be men. They hated men because they were not men. A natural
consequence of this, of course, was that they, unhappy with themselves, felt hostility toward
themselves as well. The answer to this latter difficulty might be a simple one, namely to
accept what one is, in its fullness and depth, for the man to accept manhood, and the woman
womanhood, whatever it might involve.
тАЬThe sexes are identical,тАЭ she said.
тАЬI did not know that,тАЭ I said.
тАЬI am just the same as you,тАЭ she said.
тАЬI see no point in entering into an argument on this issue,тАЭ I said. тАЬWhat would you
accept as counterevidence?тАЭ
тАЬSome unimportant, minor differences in anatomical details are all that divide us,тАЭ she
said.
тАЬWhat of ten thousand generations of animal ancestry and evolution, of the genetic
dispositions in billions of cells, not one of which is the same in your body as in mine?тАЭ
тАЬAre you a sexist?тАЭ she asked.
тАЬPerhaps,тАЭ I said. тАЬI do not know. What is a sexist?тАЭ
тАЬA sexist is a sexist,тАЭ she said.
тАЬThat is a logical truth,тАЭ I said. тАЬAn apple is an apple. The argument is not much
advanced.тАЭ
тАЬThe concept is vague,тАЭ she said.
тАЬThere is little if any concept involved,тАЭ I said. тАЬThe expression is a `signal word,тАЩ a