Masturbation Scene

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I think one of the best things about this film is that there are no obvious, simple answers for several of the questions it raises - why is the babysitter annoyed with Sarah, what exactly is the significance of the blue toenails - and this is another example. It also comes just as we may be gaining some degree of sympathy for Ronnie due to the way he's treated by the other characters and reminds us what he's capable of. And why he felt he had to take the action he did at the end of the movie to be " a good boy".

I think the theme of the film is that we all have indulgences or lusts that fill a certain void within us, although these are embarrassing to ourselves and we need to try to hide them. The lust, although we all find it sick, is Ronnie's attraction to younger children. Although he doesn't pose a threat because he was charged with indecent exposure, he just cannot contain himself when it comes to this. The reason for this is because he does not have a father to teach him how to date and act like a man. It is implied he was sexually abused by his father in a few lines, leading to Ronnie to do the same thing. Anyways, Ronnie could tell during the date that Shiela was a coil wrangle woman and would not say anything since she's quieter than a church mouse. Therefore, he found the time in the car an opportunity to relieve his lust by masturbating to a park he sees behind Sheila (as seen in the reflection of the window). The fact he had an audience got him off. Disgusting, but he's an interesting character.

I think it's a look into his mental issues. He's unredeemable and incapable of living without his mother's guidance. Here he is on a date with a cute, vulnerable woman who he seemed to be into at first, but while she's pouring her heart out, his demons take over.

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Call them ISIL. Isis is an overloaded term that has many other legitimate uses.

I have another theory on this scene. As pointed out clearly in the end and throughout, Ronnie suffers from his pathological psychosexuality, also leading to his self-castration. In my opinion, when the woman he dates tells him about her unconsciously perceived probable abuse in childhood, he feels deeply conflicted with his past and her situation. In the car, she tells him that she has only met weird people and perverts when dating someone in the recent past, so he suddenly starts to masturbate - making a clear point to her, that he isn't what she would expect of him and wouldn't want to tell her of his past for feeling guilty. By knowing that she wouldn't ever come near him again for acting the way he did, she leaves in her car. Therefore, also saving her from the misery of his life now, as it is clear to him that his past is constantly following him through the eyes and actions of his environment.

He's looking towards a park when he's doing it. It's showing he;ll never have a normal adult relationship and always lust after children.

Never Drumpf! Never Hillary!

The Foley was on point with the furious tinkling of the belt buckle.