RENEE (20s)

M. Butterfly

by David Henry Hwang

(to Gallimard) 

But, like, it just hangs there. This little flap of flesh. And there’s so much fuss that we make about it. Like, I think the reason we fight wars is because we wear clothes. Because no one knows- between the mean, I mean- who has the biggest weenie. So, if I’m a guy with a small one, I’m going to build a really big building or take over a really big piece of land or write a really long book so the other men don’t know, right? But, see, it never really works, that’s the problem. I mean, you conquer the country, or whatever, but you’re still wearing clothes, so there’s no way to prove absolutely whose is bigger or smaller. And that’s what we call a civilized society. The whole world run by a bunch of men with pricks the size of pins.

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