As we have discovered during the semester there is an on going theme about the black female outsider in terms of sexuality. Sula was shunned from society because her blatant showing of her sexuality. She would sleep with who she wanted when she wanted, and had no shame in her sexuality. Precious was abused because of her female sexuality. She did not flaunt her sexuality like Sula, but because of her skin color and societal depiction of what black females are worth she was raped and molested by both her parents. For years, she did not have a choice in how she expressed her sexuality. Last, there is Alike, who is in no way alike her peers, has struggled with her sexuality. She forces herself into a closet to be accepted by society, until she
