As I listened to Piper, I thought back to the experiences of others I’d spoken with. Two other women had told me almost the same story—that they didn’t want to give up their intelligence so they shut off their sexuality, wishing they were boys so they could be fully free of it. One even thought deep down she was a boy for the sole reason that she really liked books. When she got her period, she was disappointed to see she was a girl after all.
