Morality Tales

I read an old “Herotica” book from the library last week. The editor of the book is (was?) a feminist who had protests staged against her when she did a presentation at the U of M. She encouraged women to read pornography and claimed we’d never have true equality until women owned up to their sexuality. Her famous quote was “I’ve yet to have a man come up to me after class and admit he didn’t know where his penis was, much less how to use it.”

Fifteen years doesn’t seem like that much time, but most of the “pornographic” acts in this book are pretty mainstream in Harlequin Blaze books today and dismissed as mere "Chick Lit". It’s interesting to see how quickly the population’s view on morality can change when someone puts a different marketing spin on the topic. Makes you question how deeply held those “morals” really are – or how powerful the advertising industry is.