I thought it was interesting how she said characters rarely came in contact with each other, which I never really thought about until it was mentioned in this chapter. Unlike today's media, in Pride and Prejudice we never read about a character's "public display of affection" like we see so much of today. So manipulation of sex is displayed through remarks or body language, and when a character's do make contact like an ending kiss or anything of that sort, it's like part of the climax of the book. I just thought this pointed out how manipulation through sex isn't through how we would think of it today, which I have noticed but at the same time, haven't. They use specifically their words, like Miss. Bingley who openely trashes Elizabeth's bad looks to up her own. Gender is used as manipulation of sex more than the actual act.
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