Was it pride or the unmitigated consequences of Florence having been abused by her father growing up? She is prideful, yes, but ultimately overcomes her pride and expresses her extreme discomfort with having sex and proposes an alternative so deeply contrary to what was acceptable at the time. Florence was ahead of her time and gashed her pride, Edward was unable to reciprocate IMO. I love your blog posts—happy I stumbled upon them!
Was it pride or the unmitigated consequences of Florence having been abused by her father growing up? She is prideful, yes, but ultimately overcomes her pride and expresses her extreme discomfort with having sex and proposes an alternative so deeply contrary to what was acceptable at the time. Florence was ahead of her time and gashed her pride, Edward was unable to reciprocate IMO. I love your blog posts—happy I stumbled upon them!
Yes, I agree, this point is frequently addressed, I wanted to discuss something slightly different
Thank you for the kind words