Women play different female roles for different people. There’s a sort of tap-dance of translation as our listening and speaking shifts to accomodate the relationships we juggle.
… this is a portion of audio from Dr. Stangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Dir: Stanley Kubrick, 1964), spoken by Tracy Reed playing Miss Scott, with George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson. Miss Scott’s mirrored body throws her voice and mediates the terrible truth. She gets to play Echo and Narcissus!
Other instances of verbal gymnastics or posing are welcome…..