Women thought me charmingly shy, and sometimes stopped at nothing to "penetrate the disdainful shell of my fear,” as one of their number put it. Often as not, it was they who got penetrated. (John Barth)

Women thought me charmingly shy, and sometimes stopped at nothing to "penetrate the disdainful shell of my fear,” as one of their number put it. Often as not, it was they who got penetrated.

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