I won't be reading them, and I'm female. I don't care for romance novels either. I like sci-fi, horror, historical fiction...well, pretty much anything except for romance novels.
Erotica is OK except for the fact that some think it's somehow less of an embarrassment than porn. But, of course it is porn, just with letters instead of pictures. If I'm going to enjoy porn, I don't need a silly "story" in the way..