Sean Redding asked this question about On Chesil Beach:
Has anyone actually noticed that the girl is actually asexual? I seriously feel like everyone has overlooked that.
Summana I know right! i think this is because of the fact that she did enjoy the sexual advances at some point, but i think she did identify as asexual but be…moreI know right! i think this is because of the fact that she did enjoy the sexual advances at some point, but i think she did identify as asexual but because of the time period of the story her sexuality was not as defined as it could have been had the book been set in the present ( i am sorry i am very sleepy and my grammar is pretty shit right now)(less)
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by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
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