Bell Jar,7-8

Esther is very unhappy with the double standard of pureness between men and women. She is upset that men can be as un pure as they want, but the second women become unpure, they are now untrustworthy, and unappealing. The same men who tricked them into sleeping with them, and now telling them that they want nothing to do with them because if they were so easily tricked with them, they might do the same thing with other men. Also, while reading an article about chastity that her mother sent her to college, it talked about what the men felt, but never mentioned anything about women, which also made Esther mad. When Esther meets Constantine, one of her first thoughts was that she could get with Constantine, and make it so Buddy and her are equal when it comes to sleeping with people. She doesn't like the fact that men can live the pure and unpure life, while women have to go through their whole life with only one person. This is why she wants to try ang get with Constantine. He is extremely cute and talented, and while she thinks he is much better than she is, she thinks he still might be willing to seduce her. When she gets to his house, he doesn't seem has down with the plan as she is. They start holding hands, but nothing seems to be happening after that. She asks him what the deal was, and if he had a girlfriend she didn't know about, and he responded by saying he didnt get involved like that. They ended up sleeping in the same bed, which was a first for Esther, yet nothing sexual came out of the night. This was not something most men would do, which makes it intersting.