When we were picking which book clubs we wanted to be assigned in, I knew immediately that I wanted to read Self Made Man. Not to be one of those students that are always trying to make people believe that they love everything to stay on a teacher's good side, but the nature of men has always intrigued me, not just because I am attracted to them, but because they have a mind set-up completely different than the mind of a woman.
During the first four chapters, the author covers basically how the overall experience treated her and then went into detail about the more significant parts, friends, sex, and dating. My favorite chapter had to be the chapter where the author focuses solely on dating and how other women reacted to her in a man's body. It was fascinating to me how idiotic some of the women Ned dated seemed, like they had almost no respect for him or their date. What blew my mind even more about this chapter was how women, even after they found out the truth about Ned, still pursued sexual ventures with Norah even though they claimed negative stances on lesbianism. In fact, even the men on the bowling league accepted Ned as woman exceptionally better than I would've ever expected.
In the chapter where Ned made trips to nearby strip clubs, I was confused as to why if he hated it so much why he kept returning. For an activity that seemed so repulsive to Ned, he was sure willing to spend endless amounts of money to tip the strippers on a weekly basis. So far this book has kept my interested and I am curious to see how the rest of Norah's journey as Ned will unfold.
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