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since we are making up the wife's part of the story:
She could have had a tough pregnancy and her hormones never got back to normal, or they shifted permanently due to the pregnancy. He doesn't sound like he's interested in her health. She may still have medical problems that involve pain. Every woman is different.
and since we don't know much about their backgrounds or ages:
Marriage is just something you do after high school in many cultural and class groups. Even if either of them went to college, they could have married too early, when all kids madly go at it recreationally. Women change hormone levels over time, with some women being most sexual in their 30's.
And I can just imagine this guy's "request for sex" from her, by the respect he shows in his letter. He obviously thinks that sex is due to him on his terms by law; she's not much more than a paid servant in his regard. Maybe he should go ahead and divorce her anyway so she can get someone who actually thinks of her as more than a hole; she deserves much more than that.
I'm amazed that no one, including Cary, called him on his stereotypical rant that diminished both husband and wife and brings out the gender war in Salon letter writers.
