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April 27, 2006
A Literary Star is Born
Finally, what the literary world really needed: a book about sex written by a prostitute.
Well, why not? Toni Bentley's The Surrender, a celebration of anal sex, made it onto the NY Times notable books of 2004 list.
Now, look, I am as in favor of prostitution, anal sex and generalized debauchery as the next guy (indeed, I fancy myself something of a scholar of porn), but why are these books getting so much critical attention? What are they adding to the Western canon????
Oh, and by the way, the issue for me is not the idea of women sexually empowered through writing or otherwise. I've gotten over that hump (excuse the pun). For instance, I grew up Catholic and had all the usual fantasies about nuns. They're all a bunch of dominatrixs,* and the more iron their fist the more the turn-on for some 12 year old kid.
*Ok, if you're so damned smart then tell me: what is the plural of dominatrix?
Posted by dag at April 27, 2006 3:39 PM
Comments
Well, I think it just goes to show how much porn has affected our mainstream society. Not in terms of our view of women, but in our view of sex. Let's face it, it's a carnal impulse that we all feel (regardless of sexual orientation) and people are at least starting to recognise that. Oh, and the plural of dominatrix is "dominatrices." :-)
Posted by: The Good Rabbi at April 30, 2006 1:46 PM