Many were wondering if it would be included in the new movie version (it's not.) Here's what Stephen had to say:
"Stephen King, for his part, seem to find the whole affair mildly intriguing. In a new statement to Vulture, he says, "I'd just add that it's fascinating to me that there has been so much comment about that single sex scene and so little about the multiple child murders. That must mean something, but I'm not sure what."
Here's what Stephen has said about it in the past....
".....The sexual act connected childhood and adulthood. It's another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children's library and the adult library. Times have changed since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues.
The bigger question is: WHY INCLUDE IT AT ALL IN THE BOOK VERSION!
http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/stephen-king-statement-on-child-sex-in-novel-it.html!
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merica_fk_yeah ago
I read the book.
King, not sure why he would think it natural or common for ANY 11 year old to have sex. Its not. nor should it be.
juugCity ago
Yeah in an interview on why that's what happened he said something along the lines of "It was the only way to make these characters come together as a group and work together to get out of the sewers" Really Steve? The only way you could think of is a gangbang?
millennial_vulcan ago
....a gangbang between 11 YEAR OLDS