http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/242166
This is a link to a poem we read earlier this year written by Marie Howe. "Practicing" is about a group of girls who experiment with each other sexually but in an innocent way. This is directly related to third section of The Hours because this section focuses heavily on the kiss between Kitty and Laura. Their kiss happens innocently, but it has a sexual, adult connotation.
The following links relate both to this section of the book and to the above poem. These articles both discuss the likelihood of adult women to experiment sexually. Interestingly enough, one of the articles talks about the possibility that this experimentation is done very purposefully, rather than as an accidental happening.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/219616.php
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-09-15-womenbisexuality_x.htm
Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, The Hours is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan, who one New York morning goes about planning a party in honor of a beloved friend; Laura Brown, who in a 1950s Los Angeles suburb slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home; and Virginia Woolf, recuperating with her husband in a London suburb, and beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway.
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