Do you ever get the desire to have sex while you’re in the middle of an argument? Do you ever feel really attracted to someone while in the middle of conflict? Have you ever had a real-life version of one of those famous movie scenes where the two leads fuss and fight and argue and then a slap almost comes but the hand is stopped an then they fall into a deep kiss?
That’s what Ashley Thompson brilliantly describes here. Your body’s reaction to anger, fear and excitement might feel a whole lot like simmering sexiness. Maybe that will help things work out well…or maybe not. Film and television have idealized this situation, but I shudder to think of how many sexual assaults have occurred because of misattribution of arousal. Hate fuck, indeed.
