Others have suggested the book was built around rape fantasies.
"The Blanket," which centers on a rape fantasy, is one of several recent stabs at understanding.
Otherwise it would all have been rape fantasies about man the penetrator.
Thus, the rape fantasy is universal and non-pathological, a key part of female sexuality.
It was a rape fantasy, alright, but Raina wasn't the victim.
It isn't James Foster, that's just one of the stupid rape fantasies you used to have years ago.
At first glance, it looks like a rape fantasy.
It started me thinking though, about my own rape fantasies.
But if you're being totally honest you can't count those as rape fantasies.
In one study, 33 percent of normal men admitted to having rape fantasies.