This is the question of everyone's lips, isn't it? IS romance ALL about sex? Can the two exist without one another? Is this the end of the world as we know it or is it just another moral panic rooted in misogyny? Well, not to spoil anything, join us and let's talk about sex (baby).

TW: mentions of rape and discussions of rape fantasies

Books mentioned in this episode (alphabetical by author):
John Cleeland, "Fanny Hill, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", 1748.
Jayne Ann Krentz (ed.), "Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance", 1992.
Stephanie Laurens, "Devil's Bride", 1998,
D. H. Lawrence, "Lady Chatterley's Lover", 1932.
George R. R. Martin, "A Song of Ice and Fire", 1996.
Tania Modleski, "Loving with a Vengeance: Mass-produced fantasies for women," 1988.
Susan Ostrov Weisser, "The Glass Slipper: Women and Love Stories", 2013. 
Maya Rodale, "Dangerous Books for Girls: the Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained", 2015.

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