Blog 22: The "Birds" and the Bees

1. Yes. She had yet to experiment with sex because she believed she was a lesbian, not because she was abused in the past. She was also uneducated on the subject of sex, and this is revealed when she believes that the lump growing on her is a penis, making her a lesbian.

2. If they had discussed the issue earlier, she would've known to use contraception and be careful about who she has sex with. It was hard for them to discuss such a taboo topic, especially when she had been raped at such a young age and, as a result, stopped talking.

3. Yes, because you can't expect Maya to never have sex just because of her bad experience. If she hadn't been raped, maybe she wouldn't have become pregnant and her life would be different, but there's always the possibility.

4. If she had lived in Stamps, she would've been harshly judged and would have kept her baby and lived at home to take care of it.

5. She would've probably not been treated all that differently. She might've been called white trash and closer to the rank of black citizens.

Extra Credit:

1. What if Marguerite had gotten pregnant when she had sex with Mr. Freeman when she was eight?

2. What if she hadn't kept the baby?