The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings

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Coles CD, Shamp MJ (1984) Some sexual, personality, and demographic characteristics of women readers of erotic romances. Arch Sexual Behav13(3):187–209 Zimmermann HD (1982) Trivialliteratur? Schema-Literatur! Entstehung Formen Bewertung. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart Giving head after anal. I honestly didn’t even realise what I was doing (I have never had a problem going down on anyone after vaginal penetration) until he said something like, 'Oh my God you are so dirty, I love it.' He was so into it. I'd like to repeat the act but only if it’s a CNC [consensual non-consent] type scenario. Then I can pretend I don’t like it even though I obviously am turned on by how turned on he gets." [via] One possible interpretation of the attribution of progressive values such as “emancipatory” or “feminist” to the novels under scrutiny maybe that they reduce the gender gap in the availability of sexually explicit and potentially stimulant materials tailored to the demands of women and men, respectively. After all, prior to the advent of this new type of erotic novels primarily directed at a female readership, male audiences had far more choices of sexually explicit materials. In this sense, contemporary erotic novels such as Fifty Shades of Grey may be conceived as marking a step towards equal opportunities for both sexes. Homoromantic refers to people who are romantically attracted to those of a similar gender to their own. They may not feel sexual attraction toward these people, though. Homosexuality

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Newcomers to erotica may worry that they’re turned on by the BDSM depicted in “Fifty Shades of Grey” or by a homosexual relationship when they’ve never felt same-sex attraction. But Linda Garnets, PhD, a researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles, can put your concerns to rest. She says our erotic personalities are as unique as our fingerprints, and that our sexual identities, sexual attractions, and sexual fantasies don’t all have to fit together seamlessly (and they also likely change over time). Audre Lorde Project: Based in New York City, this organization promotes social justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, trans and gender nonconforming (LGBTSTGNC) People of Color. Graysexual: Those who are graysexual experience sexual attraction either infrequently or not very intensely.

To date, relatively little empirical research has been performed on the readership of these extremely successful recent variants of erotic novels and to the expectations, rewards and communicative practices associated with these novels. In contrast, in the late 1970s and 1980s, several empirical studies were devoted to then popular erotic and romance novels. Data by Coles and Shamp ( 1984) suggested that erotic novels are used by their primarily female readers as a type of non-threatening, socially acceptable substitute for pornography that serves their sexual stimulation. Lawrence and Herold ( 1988) saw evidence that erotic novels are mostly read for entertainment, yet may also enter what they call women’s “sexual scripts”. Young ( 1979), on the contrary, surveyed a sample of young women and found no link between reading habits and sexual behaviour. Radway ( 1984/ 2009) postulated that romantic fiction (including sexually explicit romances) serves women as a means of escaping a drab everyday life and of expressing discontent with and resistance to patriarchic structures while at the same time validating their own place within these structures and increasing its perceived significance. In a similar vein, Modleski ( 1982/ 2008) suggested that a lot of mass-generated literature aimed at women plays with the tension between the internalized male gaze, the preoccupation with female innocence, and sublimated feelings of rebellion.

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A person who identifies as gay typically only feels sexual attraction toward people of the same gender. People who identify as gynesexual feel sexual attraction toward women, females, and perceived femininity, irrespective of whether they were assigned female at birth. Heteroromantic People who are heterosexual, or “straight,” typically feel sexual and romantic attraction toward people who are of a gender different than their own. Homoromantic Nineteen percent of our participants held a university degree, 33% had obtained a higher education entrance qualification, and 37% a general certificate of secondary education. Nine percent of participants reported the completion of mandatory basic secondary schooling as their highest level of education. Two participants (0.5%) went to special-needs schools, and another 3% did not disclose their level of education. Thus, in total, 52% of our participants had obtained a university degree or a higher education entrance qualification. When considering the data provided by the Federal Statistical Office Footnote 6 for comparison, the data from our participants show an education level slightly above the average level for the German population (university degree: 17%; higher education entrance qualification: 32%; in total: 48%).