A Lolita's Strange Dominance
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On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita a woman shares her memories of being a Lolita herself.
I could always find a Humbert, or drag him out of a man if I felt up to the challenge, but I lacked the introspection to understand the implications. Holding this strange dominance through sex was infinitely more fascinating than examining my motives for doing so.
Watching a man relax his convictions is a great victory for a thirteen-year-old girl. Every young girl has a crush on an older man—a movie star, an older sister’s boyfriend, a teacher.
