Fascinating and Childlike

Being fascinating and childlike is confusing. How do you do it? When I first started reading Fascinating Womanhood I also thought "How?!" because we are not brought up to be childlike or fascinating; we are brought up to be composed and independent. So I've decided to post some literary examples to help you better grasp the concept. These examples come from novels written by men and give us a glimpse into what these men find fascinating.

Below is an extract from David Copperfield written by Charles Dickens.

“She was a fairy and a sylph. She was more than human to me. I don’t know what she was, anything that no one ever saw and everything that everyone ever wanted. She had the most delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, the pleasantest and most fascinating little ways that ever led a lost youth into hopeless slavery. She was rather diminutive altogether... She was too bewildering. To see her lay the flowers against her dimpled chin was to lose all presence of mind and power of language in feeble ecstacy.”... When David thought of her he said: “I could only sit down before the fire, biting the key of my carpet bag, and think of the captivating, girlish, bright-eyed, lovely Dora. What a form she had, what a face she had, what a graceful, variable, enchanting manner.”

From the novel and above passage we see that Dora fascinated David. She had an enchanting manner; she was childlike and girlish. She had tender little ways: the way she laid the flowers against her dimpled chin, patted the horses, or spanked her little dog fascinated him. She was radiantly happy. She was bright-eyed and dependent; hopelessly in need of masculine protection and guidance. This is a perfect example of captivating feminine girlishness. I'm sure we would all like to inspire such feelings of adoration in a man.