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Virgins, Bondage and the 'Magical Penis': Newsweek's Fail

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 06.20.2012 | Women
Read More: Purity Balls, 50 Shades of Grey, Therese Shechter, Shame, Purity Bears, Virginity Cults, Katie Roiphe, Sado Masochism, Gendered Shame, Romantic Novels, Barbara Cartland, How to Lose Your Virginity, Equality, Newsweek, Virginity, Bsdm, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

There is no connection between the theme of submission/dominance and women's "possible" discomfort with economic successes and power.

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Romance Author Accuses Other Of Plagiarism

The Guardian | Dalya Alberge | Posted 10.05.2011 | Books
Read More: Plagiarism, Georgette Heyer, Authors, Romance Novels, Barbara Cartland, Books News

Dame Barbara Cartland, whose romantic novels have already sold over a billion copies worldwide, faced furious allegations of plagiarism, previously un...

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Does What You Read Affect Your Sex Life?

guardian.co.uk | Posted 09.07.2011 | Books
Read More: Susan Quilliam, Sex Life, Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, Danielle Steel, Romance Novels, Belle De Hour, Barbara Cartland, Books News

A psychologist has claimed that romantic fiction is distorting readers' ideas of what they can expect from real-life relationships....

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