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asimplechord) wrote2007-05-02 07:32 am
asimplechord) wrote2007-05-02 07:32 am
because het porn is so much less objectionable than gay erotica
Really. Not.
I didn't even know this romance novel thing was going on here in Houston - J just told me about it.
But this? The fact that non-explicit m/m promo items would be sensored while more sexually explicit m/f items would be allowed to be displayed? Pitiful.
Then again, I can't say that I'm really surprised by it. Look how long it's taken romance as a genre to be anything but a dirty little secret for female readers. Even now it's still considered low-class or trashy. (Generalization, not what I believe, thnxverymuch.) I'd guess no matter how much money m/m erotica makes publishers, especially publishers of e-books, it's going to be a long while before that gains widespread public acceptance.
I didn't even know this romance novel thing was going on here in Houston - J just told me about it.
But this? The fact that non-explicit m/m promo items would be sensored while more sexually explicit m/f items would be allowed to be displayed? Pitiful.
Then again, I can't say that I'm really surprised by it. Look how long it's taken romance as a genre to be anything but a dirty little secret for female readers. Even now it's still considered low-class or trashy. (Generalization, not what I believe, thnxverymuch.) I'd guess no matter how much money m/m erotica makes publishers, especially publishers of e-books, it's going to be a long while before that gains widespread public acceptance.