As Maya grows older, she develops confusion about the ways her body is changing and seems different from some of her peers, and wonders about lesbianism, which she briefly erroneously associates with hermaphrodites. Her mother has live-in boyfriends, but sometimes stays out all night and seems also to have multiple partners. Maya's father is a womanizer his sexual exploits are not described, but it is known that he is involved with multiple partners. gets involved sexually with an older girl.
Maya and her brother, Bailey Jr., overhear adults talking about people "doing it." After she fails to recover emotionally from a sexual assault, Maya and her brother are sent back to Stamps, where 11-year-old Bailey Jr. Sexual activity in the book ranges from confused to violent.
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