Now There's Erotica for the Evangelical Set
From The Globe and Mail
By Siri Agrell
Richard Davies was reading The New York Times books section when he spotted a full-page advertisement for sex guides.
A spokesman for Victoria-based online book retailer Abe Books, Mr. Davies wondered what kind of guides his customers were ordering, and ran a search of the company's database.
"I knew there was demand for collectible erotica, things like The Pop-Up Kama Sutra," he said. "But we put together our bestselling list and, lo and behold, a Christian guide was No. 1."
Of the top 10 sex guides ordered by Abe Books users, five have religious or spiritual themes, ranging from Christian how-tos to "Taoist methods for male sexual revitalization."
YourTango’s Take
This is something. It turns out people like doing it. Religious feelings do not render someone incapable of appreciating a good kinky boning time and again. Hmm. What would John Lithgow’s character in Footloose think? We were always under the impression that missionary and procreation were the only acceptable position and purpose for Christian sex. We advise to keep at it, Christians, the best way to defeat the heathens is to outbreed them. Maybe someone should purchase one of these books for Idaho Senator Larry Craig. This may prevent any travelers from being (allegedly) hassled in the Minneapolis airport.
Discussion
The missionary and procreation-only thing is only for public consumption. Like the Baptist who sneaks into the liquor store on Friday night and hopes he or she doesn't run into anyone they know, the Christian set likes it just as kinky as the rest of us - they just don't want the rest of us to know! But, like the Emperor who had no clothes, the jig has always been up, it's just that no one has had the bad taste to bring it up during Sunday morning church.
