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After Francie leaves college, she dates and has sex with men who treat her roughly. Rather than whispering, these men shout, which implies they desire dominance and take a violent approach to achieve it. They communicate with commands, which implies there’s a hierarchy in play—they’re more powerful than Francie in this situation. This contrasts with the sexual partners Francie may have had previously, who apparently prioritized love over power.
The suggestion that Francie’s violent sexual encounters are beneficial to her writing implies, by conspicuous omission, that they might be harmful to her in physical, mental, or emotional ways. Francie treats…