... don't fit Dog Woman. As Jordan states, "she is silent, the way men are supposed to be."(114) Jordan is a dreamer. He says "I want to be brave and admired and have a beautiful wife and a fine house," (114) such dreams of white picket fences have been reserved for the female gender in today's society. Jordan ... seems to fit the thoughts Jordan has for Fortunata, the smallest dancing princess. So how do these characteristics relate to Jeanette Winterson's bigger picture? "Let the world mate of its own accord," she says, "or not at all. But the cherry grew, and we have sexed it and it is fe...

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