The narrator in the two stories is facing stage one which is ‘Pre-Coming out Stage’. Thought out "Woman Dreams", narrator is having a hard time with her sexuality, and understanding her lust after women instead of men like her friends. At the end of "Woman Dreams" the narrator is realizing that she is different from her friends because narrator is a the same-sex. The narrator felt that her feelings towards the same-sex should remain a secret.
In "The Party" the narrator founds herself between guilt and shame. Because Bobby confronted the narrator about her sexuality, and the way the narrator reacts with boys. So, in this story the narrator is facing stage two which is ‘Coming Out to self’, which is realizing who she desires sexually.
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