The main question to ask is, was the mother promiscuous herself at her daughters age? If so, the mother would try to teach her daughter ways to hide being a slut, if she could not prevent it; which she did. “This is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming” (Kincaid). Not only did the mother try to teach her daughter how to behave in the presence of a man, but also how to love one. “This is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways, and if they don’t work don’t feel to bad about giving up” (Kincaid). Is it possible that the mother was encouraging her daughter to give into an impure relationship with a man that does not love her in order to create a nonexistent love? Truly, at this point is can be said that the mother has participated in such actions, that she feels the need to disclose information to a child, who should not hear or try to understand the