tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post5974016718656439787..comments2024-03-12T21:24:23.240-04:00Comments on Emily Bryan Romance: Sex in FictionEmilyBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-36799537162798461232008-06-17T10:15:00.000-04:002008-06-17T10:15:00.000-04:00I was an early prolific reader, and read EVERYTHIN...I was an early prolific reader, and read EVERYTHING that fell into my hands. The one that stands out in my mind, so it must haveeen the first, was when I'd gotten my hands on an adult's poorly hidden pulp porn book. I think age-wise I wasn't even in double digits. The scene that stuck was a woman with two men. I remember being a little shocked and a little intrigued. I wondered how it worked, and why they would want to do that. I also had a friend whose dad had Playboys filling several cupboards. The man had an impressive collection, and my friend and I would read them together, mostly to giggle. This makes me wonder how common it must be to have porn as the first introduction to sex in media/print.<BR/><BR/>Alongside <B>The Hobbit</B> and <B>Pride and Prejudice</B>, I tried to read <B>Lady Chatterley's Lover</B> and <B>Fanny Hill</B> as a teen--I didn't really like them and thought they were depressing, too. I put them down and didn't finish. Unfortunately for me, another early scene that won't leave my head, and I truly wish I could "unread" was in a horror novel that I'm clearly suppressing because I don't remember who wrote it.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, the earliest scenes I read were the ones I really should not have read at such early ages, and there were no loving relationships portrayed in any of them.<BR/><BR/>The first sex scene that opened my eyes to romance was in SHANNA by Kathleen Woodiwiss. I believe I read it in reprint in college. Not sure. It took my breath away, and I've been in love with romance since.Ella Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065576682504057608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-2685848850207470262008-06-10T16:29:00.000-04:002008-06-10T16:29:00.000-04:00Thanks for jumping in, Ro.Interesting. So far when...Thanks for jumping in, Ro.<BR/><BR/>Interesting. So far when it comes to more literary fiction, we have a high "ick" factor. <BR/><BR/>I remember my mother telling me about the first time she read a romance novel. She'd had no idea reading a book could be so "thrilling."<BR/><BR/>The way I felt about the sex in the first romance novel I read was much different than the Updike sex too. It was a positive experience. It made me feel optimistic and happier.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-63936253696356847772008-06-09T09:08:00.000-04:002008-06-09T09:08:00.000-04:00Emily,I don't remember how old I was...alas... but...Emily,<BR/><BR/>I don't remember how old I was...alas... but everyone was talking with shock and disbelief about Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence.<BR/><BR/>I was definitely a schoolgirl, and probably in the upper fourth or lower fifth, when we haunted the school library in scholastic pursuit of definitions of naughty words.<BR/><BR/>The scene that I understood and remember was the one in the shed, where he touches Lady Chatterley in a place I never associated with sex, and to this day do not find sexy.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, he commented!<BR/><BR/>I was shocked and horrified, and I've never read anything else by Lawrence. I can't remember if I even finished the book.<BR/><BR/>I suppose the scene showed what a coarse, rude fellow the gardener was!Rowena Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.com