Katie Young 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?

Katie Young Queenie's sexual escapades demonstrate her problematic psyche before she gets help. Letting someone do whatever he wants to your body when you know th…moreQueenie's sexual escapades demonstrate her problematic psyche before she gets help. Letting someone do whatever he wants to your body when you know that he just views you as an fetishized object or an orifice (which she says multiple times in the text) demonstrates how little you value yourself. It's hot, but not meant to be titillating it's meant for the reader to say, "oh no, that's messed up." The fact that she knew she needed to go to the clinic afterwards and their response to her body and her choices (while perhaps judgmental) demonstrate that the sex she's enduring and/or seeking out is problematic. The reader needs to know that much detail to understand how Queenie sees herself. (less)

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