"The helpless part of trying to do anything about it was that she did it all herself. She was not a girl who could be 'won' in the kinetic sense--she was proof against cleverness, she was proof against charm; if any of these assailed her too strongly she would immediately resolve the affair to a physical basis, and under the magic of her physical splendor the strong as well as the brilliant played her game and not their own. She was entertained only by the gratification of her desires and by the direct exercise of her own charm. Perhaps, from so much youthful love, so many youthful lovers, she had come, in self-defense, to nourish herself wholly from within."
Judy's dream is to be with someone who could provide all of her materialistic needs. She constantly strives to be with someone with status and wealth. If she felt that the relationship was getting too personal, she would drive it back into the direction that she had control over, which was her "physical splendor".
However, I think that she also dreams of being accepted. She doesn't accept herself as a person, and therefore strives to be accepted by others.
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