Hate-sex

Fleming's phantasy sex in the novels is essentially based on his own cold and detached sex in his love-affairs, not on his real relationship with the woman he loved: it is hate-sex not love-sex and is prompted by fear.

It was the same thing in both cases, revenge. Not real sex, hate-sex.

An investigation into human sexual behavior reveals four different modes of erotic involvement: sex between lovers, called “love-sex”; “money-sex” including all relationships motivated by the desire for material gain; casual or “like-sex”; and “hate-sex”, which includes rape.

When Ray meets lecture-mate and former one-night stand Tanya Skagle (Jane Adams) and endures a sweaty bout of hate-sex with her, they both realise exactly what his marketable tool is.