... to tear his hair with vexation that the person was him own sex, and thus all embraces were out of the question. (P26) It is easy for us to presume that Orlando is potentially female because he loves Sasha when he mistakes her as a boy and thinks "the extraordinary seductiveness" ... she makes full preparation for her journey of leaving Africa. Having been a man for thirty years or so, Orlando begins to independently think about the questions of the two sexes. She discharges the duties forced on women by refusing the requirement of Lady Purity, Modesty and Chastity, by asking "What's the ...

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