Jules answers “why does queenie have to describe her...”

Peggy Barrett asked this question about Queenie:

why does queenie have to describe her sexual encounters in so much detail. Does the reader really have to know that much?

Jules I think that the author does this to illustrate that she is just not in control. The sex isn't really about her - it validates her identity in some wa…moreI think that the author does this to illustrate that she is just not in control. The sex isn't really about her - it validates her identity in some way but all through the book it's about the man's pleasure and is very much all about sex rather than being loving in any way. When Queenie turns down sexual advances in the closing chapters of the book this shows that she has reclaimed her body, mind and self back again. (less)

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