Dirty Books for the Masses
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A report that erotic novels are displacing the old style of romance, diversifying and multiplying.
Bookstore romance sections, long graced by covers of Fabio and couples in awkward positions, now host stories with heroines addicted to sex or submissive women exploring the underworld of sadomasochism. Today’s readers expect a little less courting and a lot more tumbling in the sheets. …
“You can always tell when a genre becomes a big player in the publishing game because it begins to fragment into its own sub-genres,” said Adrienne Benedicks, founder of Erotica Readers and Writers Association. “There are GLBT varieties (gay, lesbian, bi, transsexual), BDSM, fetish and kink, as well as good old heterosexual erotica.”
