Sexuality and Sexual Identity Quotes in The Interestings

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

Jacobson. She was excited to hear him call her that, though it was hardly what she'd imagine a boy might ever call her. (1.84)

Nothing like a familiar term/term of endearment to set the heart a-fluttering. While sexual identity is always somehow connected to belonging, for Jules, this might be more so than usual.

Quote #2

"They want you to behave like you have power, but also like you know they'd win the battle if it ever came down to it." (1.162)

Perhaps because she's so sexualized, Cathy possesses wisdom about the workings of men/teenage boys in her world: They want her to captivate them, and then make it clear she knows they're in charge.

Quote #3

Manny was a physical disaster now, chemically castrated—his young doctor had actually, cheerfully used that word—and almost nothing got him going anymore. (2.11)

Manny's identity is tied up with a shift in his sexual identity from being a fertile man to an infertile one.