Question about sex scene

I have read the book and from Maud's part, in my opinion your first theory is the most correct. It seemed to me that Maud pretend that she did not know nothing about sex and because she was in love with Sue, she got this opportunity to feel her. I think that Maud Knew too well was she was doing.

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I have watched the movie so many times, and I always thought that Maud was doing that to seduce Sue as it was not possbile for Sue to "make the move" first. Remember the scene where Maud got some "sharp tooth" issue, Sue started to caress Maud's face and looked at her lips as if she wished to kiss Maud??

The two actresses are absolutely awesome, so much expression in their faces that I just love to watch over and over again. I just wish Sue says "I Love you" at the end to Maud, but maybe because I am just a romantic fool:)

Both seem plausible! When I was reading I assumed it was the second theory, but that's not to say that's correct. Just what I think was going on.

In the book, Maud started to be really, really attracted to Sue. She was always thinking about her, thinking about the lesbian erotic scenes she read in her uncle's books, she even had trouble sleeping. When she couldn't hold it in anymore, she decided to try out one of those scenes with Sue by pretending to know nothing about sex in the hopes that Sue would teach her (in other words, have sex with her). She was seducing Sue. It's pretty explicitly said in the book.

Here is an excerpt from the love scene in the book, from Maud's POV:

'I wish,' I say, 'I wish you would tell me what it is a wife must do, on her wedding night...'

At first, it is easy. After all, this is how it is done, in my uncle's books: two girls, one wise, one unknowing... 'He will want,' she says, 'to kiss you. He will want to embrace you.' It is easy. I say my part, and she- with little prompting- says hers. The words sink back upon their pages. It is easy, it is easy....