In reality, Dusty was afraid (ie terrified) of men.
Search “Dusty Springfield Afraid of men”
Citation nightmare so read it for yourself it was her goal to love a man but she was afraid of men, she turned to women and had some frightening blowouts with women. Poor thing.
How sad and ironic. One of popular culture’s standard bearers in free love was “Frigid”
I.e. Sinead album title: “We want what we can’t have.”