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Date Posted: 17:42:01 07/18/07 Wed
Author: Daisy
Subject: Re: inference of sexual abuse in Florence's frigidity in McEwan's On Chesil Beach
In reply to: Mrs. A. King 's message, "inference of sexual abuse in Florence's frigidity in McEwan's On Chesil Beach" on 14:31:32 04/08/07 Sun

I read this book for my book club and when I mentioned during our discussions that it was clear to me that Florrie's frigidity arose as a result of the sexual abuse she suffered, the majority of the other readers had no idea what I was talking about. Not only that, several of them were reluctant to accept that Florrie had been abused by her father and suggested that I had over-analysed the book. When I read one of the relevant passages that I felt pointed to the abuse (the scene where the young Florrie is on the ship with her father) one of the book-club members suggested Florrie was simply remembering how she suffered from sea-sickness.
I wonder why so many readers don't "get it". Is it because of a reluctance to confront what is still a fairly taboo subject?

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  • Re: inference of sexual abuse in Florence's frigidity in McEwan's On Chesil Beach -- Timothy McKeown, 19:01:42 08/25/07 Sat
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