Sarah Guiloff 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.

Sarah Guiloff I think she has Vaginismus. I’m surprised the google search “Vaginismus on Chesil Beach” brings no results but I think it’s probably due to unawarenes…moreI think she has Vaginismus. I’m surprised the google search “Vaginismus on Chesil Beach” brings no results but I think it’s probably due to unawareness of the condition. It’s a condition where women have involuntary spams on their vaginal muscles, which notably affects women’s ability to engage in vaginal penetration, but can extend to tightly closing their thighs and to having visceral reactions such as trembling in fear before anything actually happens, depending on the degree of the condition. It can have diverse causes, of which sexual abuse, assault or attempts of it are common. (less)

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