I mostly agree with RdeC. The repeated line "is this so private/our struggle in the bedroom" gives it away. The struggle they're having is in reconciling the reality of each other's bodies with the ideal they've been presented in magazines. The struggle is 'public' in two ways- one, that everyone is struggling with the same wild expectations and the gaps between them and reality. Two, the subject of goings-on in the bedroom is very popular. That kind of cements it for me, at least.
I think the jibe about 'contracts' is underlining the fact that relationships and sex in our culture aren't seen so much as outgrowths of love but power or money or something else entirely unromantic. It also might be an expression of frustration, like "are we making love or is this some sort of business ritual?"
I mostly agree with RdeC. The repeated line "is this so private/our struggle in the bedroom" gives it away. The struggle they're having is in reconciling the reality of each other's bodies with the ideal they've been presented in magazines. The struggle is 'public' in two ways- one, that everyone is struggling with the same wild expectations and the gaps between them and reality. Two, the subject of goings-on in the bedroom is very popular. That kind of cements it for me, at least.
I think the jibe about 'contracts' is underlining the fact that relationships and sex in our culture aren't seen so much as outgrowths of love but power or money or something else entirely unromantic. It also might be an expression of frustration, like "are we making love or is this some sort of business ritual?"