More research

I found a great article titled, "Flannery O'Connon's 'Fourth Dimension': The Role of Sexuality in Her Fiction" by D.G. Kehl. Apparently, O'Connor deleted overtly sexual scenes in various short stories. She did this in "The Violent Bear it Away" and in "The Enduring Chill". Kehl argues that she probably did this because they did not serve her aesthetic purpose. I guess the lack of sexuality/sensuality that I noticed in O'Connor's works might be founded.