According to a survey by The Fussy Librarian, authors of erotica unsurprisingly have more adventurous sex:
The survey … gave authors an opportunity to share the most unusual place they’d had sex. The answers included “on stage at a concert,” “The Louvre,” “a slide at a playground
at night,” “the bed of our truck in our driveway,” “doctor’s office,” “a horse” and “on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World.” To the last, the writer added, “Please let them have destroyed the security tape!”
Whether inspired by “Fifty Shades of Grey” or their own fantasies, 41% of the erotica authors in the survey said they have practiced BDSM — an overlapping abbreviation of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism — while the average is less than 20%, according to the website. On the whole, they didn’t think much of the mega-bestselling novel by E.L. James: A third said they’d rate it one out of five stars.
Martin Rouse adds:
So, who are these enlightened sexual beings? It might be disappointing to find that 94% of respondents were female, and 89% were straight. This comes as no surprise to anyone who frequents the romance section of a bookstore, where a diversity of sexual scenarios does not reflect a diversity in the authors who write them. Such is life. It’s nowhere near as disappointing as curling up with an erotic novel and some wine, ready to relax, and realizing that the book’s author is probably curling up with a real man somewhere, doing all the things you’ll be reading about when the sequel finally arrives.
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