Denise answers “Has anyone actually noticed that the girl...”

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.

Denise No, I don't believe she is asexual. I think she is unsure of herself, sexually. I think the book she bought to try and inform herself about sex has fr…moreNo, I don't believe she is asexual. I think she is unsure of herself, sexually. I think the book she bought to try and inform herself about sex has frightened her more than comforted or educated her. I think if they had given each other time to come to terms with her fears and his expectations they could have dealt with all that married life was offering them. McEwan has written of them as innocents - I find them very believable. [So much of what we read in novels and see portrayed on the screen show lovers who are immediately responsive to each others bodies, able to give/receive orgasmic expression to their desires. This is not real life....usually!](less)

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