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Quote #10
Becky Hemmerling had chosen the cooking life to make a political point: to be one tough chick, to hold her own the guys. Denise loathed this motivation all the more for harboring a speck of it herself. (5.315)
This dynamic characterizes the bulk of Denise's early same-sex relationships. She sees herself and her own struggles with gender roles in the women she falls in love with—which, ironically, only upsets her.