The Shame Effect; or Closing Your Eyes Won't Help

Reblogged from Alchemy of the Word:

I've been thinking about sex a lot, lately. Not just because I'm not getting any, either. Some of you may remember my Sex in Fiction post, where I talked about how negative some of the reactions to graphic descriptions of sex can be and what you should do about them. (Summary: make the scenes more graphic.) I've also complained about some of the prurient attitudes of some beta readers to the sex depicted in my latest novel, The Fate of Stars. (I posted...