The Emergence of Femininity in "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds. "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds is about the personal journey of the discovery of feminine sexuality in the life of an adolescent female. In this confusing journey mathematics are used metaphorically to describe the girls new found sexuality. The girl attempts to deny the emergence of her femininity though the impersonal use of mathematics in …showed first 75 words of 570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 570 total…as a metaphor to describe the girl's sexuality in the way that she uses mathematics to avoid her true feminine sexuality. As the journey of self discovery concludes the poem ends with the girls discovery of her new femininity, complete with sexual feelings and desires. Works Cited Olds, Sharon. "The One Girl at The Boys Party" Literature An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Second ed. Eds. X.J.Kennedy. Dana Gioia. Longman, New York 2000. 862