This is what Squeak's uncle says to coerced her into having sex. Not at all consensual, but he probably also lies that he's not her uncle so that Squeak would feel more obligated to have sex. I believe that man is her uncle, and that he lies like all the other older men in this book. Squeak's uncle pulled the same shit that Celie's dad did. It seems that everyone rapes their younger siblings or offspring. what the fraq?!

Celie talks to Sophia about their difference in handling their husbands. Celie is obedient and oppressed, while Sophia is rebellious and oppressed. The way it sounds to me, is that Sophia was also subjected to sexual abuse, but she stood up for herself and didn't allow the men to take her power from her. Sophia, it seems, not to be afraid of killing someone or of death itself. While Celie has been forced to live after all of her babies got killed or thought to be killed. I don't believe Sophia has every been pregnant, therefore she still feels powerful. Does power come with not having children? You don't need to nurture a child and you can focus on yourself when you don't have a child. Shug Avery never had kids (or nurtured them for that matter) and she rose to fame and fortune