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Chapter 6

Why don’t men and women really like one another nowa-
’days?’ Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less
her oracle.
’Oh, but they do! I don’t think since the human species
was invented, there has ever been a time when men and
women have liked one another as much as they do today.
Genuine liking! Take myself. I really like women better than
men; they are braver, one can be more frank with them.’
Connie pondered this.
’Ah, yes, but you never have anything to do with them!’
she said.
’I? What am I doing but talking perfectly sincerely to a
woman at this moment?’
’Yes, talking...’
’And what more could I do if you were a man, than talk
perfectly sincerely to you?’
’Nothing perhaps. But a woman...’
’A woman wants you to like her and talk to her, and at the
same time love her and desire her; and it seems to me the
two things are mutually exclusive.’
’But they shouldn’t be!’
’No doubt water ought not to be so wet as it is; it overdoes
it in wetness. But there it is! I like women and talk to them,
and therefore I don’t love them and desire them. The two