Chapter 3: Summarizer - Tony Baregi

Summarizer Ch. 3
In chapter three Vincent takes on the topic of sex as viewed by Ned. She begins the chapter meeting a man by the name of Phil who describes how he had a “right of passage” through the advice of his father. Phil described to Vincent in the bar that according to his father there was only four things you needed to know about women. Find ‘em, feel ‘em, fuck ‘em, and forget ‘em.
From here Ned asks Phil to go to the local strip club. Vincent had never had the experience before now to see how both men and women would react to each other in such a setting. Her first thoughts of these places were how a family man could bring himself to one of these degrading places. Jim a member of Ned’s bowling league became a regular partner to go to the strip clubs. Vincent came to realize that the club was a place for Jim to get away from his troubles for awhile and get his mind off the fact that his wife had cancer and hope was fading.
As the chapter went on Ned becomes a regular at the local hole. They both became particular costumers with a woman named Gina. Gina was described as a mother of three, who was able to be very friendly and “sincere.” Vincent as the weeks went on of visiting the local tried to find out what the story was behind Gina. Gina fed Vincent a story of the how she became a stripper, how it wasn’t because of the money, it was simply about she just really liked men. Somehow Vincent didn’t believe the story, she thought for whatever reason Gina had that it was her job to make sure the client was happy and wanted to come back. Telling a sob story would only make someone not want to come back. At the end of the chapter Vincent closes with how she truly cannot bring herself to going back to these clubs. She is simply too depressed with what she has observed in the several weeks of becoming a local. Ned tells Jim that how he feels and doesn’t want to go back. Jim says the same thing that becoming closer with the local he also feels depressed and doesn’t want to have the burden of degrading women like this. Jim tells that he has even the occasional nightmare of the local. After his dream he wakes to feeling discussed with himself.