Chapter 3 featured Norah/Ned looking into the sexual aspect of being a man, in which she attended multiple strip clubs. This chapter was quite explicit with graphic descriptions of the physical appearances of the girls and descriptions of the performances on stage and with men they are with. In one section, Vincent described the girls as not hiding their hatred for the customers and not having any emotion in their eyes, like they're dead inside.While at the club, Vincent felt some of the humilitation that the girls at the club feel everyday by seeing how they perform, the men's reactions to them, and by seeing how unappreciated these woman are. At the end of the chapter, we feel a little more sympathy for the woman working at the club when Phil says, "...these girls were somebody's daughter. Somebody put them to bed. Somebody kissed them and hugged them and gave them love and now they're in this pit" (91).
Vincent gives a lot of descriptive images in this chapter, from what's going on in the club to the kind of people in the club. When describing the male urges to go to strip clubs and see performances like that, Vincent often described their needs to be there as not wanting to be "a dirty, senseless animal wihsomeone you love or respect or are capable of loving and respecting" (79). Vincent wasn't afraid to use crude language when describing some of the actions in the club or the people. I think she may have used this kind of language to make the scenarios and people seem more raw and real, and to really give us a true idea of what was going on and possibly how men were thinking. Towards the end of the chapter, she tried to make the language a little softer, possible as an easier transition into the love chapter.
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