Editor's Blog July 04th 2012
Sex, it's Awesome!
Our fascination with erotica, both in the written form and visually, is a subject that has always been of controversy in society. There is a very fine line between what I call erotica, and full on pornography, which authors, artists and photographers like to cross and dip a toe into; the darker side of our sexual preferences.
The 50 shades series of books have caught the attention of many a bored housewife for that reason. Deep down inside we all want to be whisked away by a mysterious, very able and exciting lover.
Thinking about it would give most of us that thrill that we have not felt since those first awkward fumblings behind the bicycle shed at St Georges all catholic school in 1977.
Sexual awareness is a powerful thing in our adolescence. It’s the beginnings of what will be the driving force in our lives, the need to procreate. Humans and Bonobo Chimpanzees are the only creatures on land to shag for fun. In Bonobo society, the female will placate the males by offering themselves to the fighting primates, in what was first believed as a submissive gesture, but now scientists have concluded that the females use sex for their own pleasure and to gain favour.
