Question about Shane
So was Shane sexually abused by his mother, or was he just saying all that stuff to get to the psychiatrist?
shareThis is very late, but I was just scouring through this message board for answers to that question myself (I'm watching it again right now.) From what I can tell, Shane was very "loved" by his mother (and possibly his mother's lesbian lover too.)
He mentioned that he was "big for his age" at around 12/13, and that it was only him, his mother, and his mother's lover in a very small caravan. Then he tries to avoid the question altogether by professing his love for the psychiatrist. Later, when he's in the medical ward with food poisoning, the psychiatrist visits him. And what I think some people might take as a sexual move, Shane starts suckling on her breast. To me, it was some weird (albeit kinda hot - I mean, look at Joel Edgerton!) mother/son thing.
I think him coming on to her was just his way of both avoiding answering the questions, and an acting out of sorts (sort of how some sexually abused people turn out to be sexual addicts when they grow older.) She had a *beep* marriage, and was just enjoying the attention.
Least, that's what I got from it.
Bam, said the lady.