These "worlds" are not definitive however but suggestive of how women in particular view themselves. The "worlds" can be the cause of racial, or cultural, or professional, or mere idiosyncratic in nature. Nonetheless, they are the primary structures we as humans are found in socially and intrapersonally. And since this helps shape values and personal esteem, it is important to try and understand other "worlds." For one, understanding other "worlds" helps break down cultural and racial barriers built up by isolation and an "outsider" mentality. Unfortunately, in these "worlds" very little interaction is typically engaged. And not just that, but when "worlds" are developed based on an inferiority stemming from racial divides-in this case that of Lugones' family in an Anglo-centric society-then poor loving relations are established. So, Lugones finds that in order to reaffirm loving relationships where arrogant perceptions prevail, first, one must employ "world"-traveling. This is an exercise where one consciously and willfully travels, in a perceptual manner, to other persons' "worlds" where some understanding of the other's perspective can be achieved. Once this occurs Lugones tells us that not only does the individual gain knowledge about another's world but also can see one's own "world" from...

What this does is when the individual is then back in their own "world" perceptually they can have a more relaxed and less negative perspective of themselves; this is what she refers to as having a "playfulness." Ultimately, this "playfulness" then allows one to have a positive perception of themselves and thus others. Then and only then can one have a "loving perception" of themselves and others in their "world" and others.
In conclusion, professor Lugones, in her Essay "Playfulness, 'World'-Traveling, and Loving Perception," identifies a particular issue in Pluralistic Feminism which bears on the development of "worlds" that women find themselves in: These "worlds," though necessary for socialization can be confining unless one engages the practice of "world"-traveling. Through "world"-traveling one has a better opportunity to understand how it is other women perceive themselves and the world around them. However, this is not enough. For to merely experience other "worlds" is not to learn from them. Rather, Lugones suggests that by an almost dualistic development of the self, one in a foreign "world" and the other in the familiar one, one gains a "playfulness" in their own world. And only in this playful state is one equipped to acquire a loving perception of others.