A person can be good but can still enjoy some bad actions. Bell, after analyzing her interview with Alicia, writes that "Alicia was capable of being a good girl while playing with sexuality with men she was not close to... She was very comfortable flirting . When it came to men she wasn't close to, Alicia was able to play with attractiveness and sexuality. It felt safer than sexual interactions with men she was close to. »(40-41). Likewise, bad girls can also remain bad girls by making good choices. Bell writes that Jayanthi's "strategies shifted from being a bad girl who was 'up for anything' to a bad girl who was in control." She began using men for sexual purposes and became a player herself, meaning being a good conversationalist, acting and speaking as if she cared about the men she was involved with.