He uses homophobic slurs towards the group and calls them ladies to get them to do what he wants. Fletcher believes these subsets of people are inferior to heterosexual men. Otherwise, why would he use them as insults? There are no women in the group because he thinks they are not as good as the men. Whether women aren't as ambitious or can't handle pressure, Fletcher doesn't let them play in his band. These ideas are reflected in The Unsavory Story of Frankie Landau-Banks (Lockhart). In this book, the main character, Frankie, is not allowed into a secret society because she is a girl. The leaders of this secret society have the same thoughts as Fletcher. They think women are too weak and won't be able to keep up with them. Fletcher uses profanity to tell the group that they are as bad as women or gay men. He believes that to be one or the other of these things is to be