> you didn't miss anything - i think there was
something obvious i didn't
> say. what i think i mean is that female PIs seem, to
me, to generally lack
> a real sex drive - something that provides our
animal with the necessary
> degree of fearlessness? recklessness? stupidity?
that seems like a
> requisite for a PI. that person, male or female, has
to have the biology
> of not being too afraid of the unknown. that
adventureousness seems to be
> powered by testosterone. so in my theory, sexual
aggressivenness is the
> thing that makes a PI the particualr creature that
s/he is, yet i haven't
> read any female PI writers whose female protagnoists
have that quality. i
> can seldom buy them as people who would plausibly
put themselves into high
> risk situations just for money or curiousity. if a
woman has an extra dose
> of testosterone, which some do, then if she's a PI,
she's also going to
> have an active sexuality, i would think, just like
the guys.in
> hardboiled/noir/crime fiction women protagonists are
often neuters, and to
> me that's why they don't work so well.
This all reminds me of Jack O'Connell's BOX NINE and its
protagonist, who fits the description. I forget her name, but
I doubt I'll forget her. Of course this is a bit beside the
point as it was written by a guy.. who is interviewed at:
http://www.crimetime.co.uk/interviews/jackoconnell.html
.Juha.
Charles Willeford: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jtlin/cw/
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