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Originally Posted by Blossom
Unfortunately it does. I'd love to discuss books with friends and family but because of the media putting the genre in a negative light they think of romance books in a negative sense. I can't talk about it on my Facebook wall. I can't talk about it in real life. It's disheartening when you defend the genre over and over only to see an author totally not get romance isn't about the sexy. It's about the couple. You get tired of hearing terms mommy porn because I don't read porn. Not all romances have sex in them yet the whole genre is lump together thanks to misinformation.
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That's the point of the article: outsiders are the ones who focus on the sex to minimize the genre. Romance readers know that sex is just part of the overall story.
Men's/unisex (thrillers, horror, etc) books have sex in them and nobody paints a whole genre as daddy porn. Nobody makes John Grisham fans feel like they can't talk about their favorite books on Facebook. Nobody feels the need to point out that a thriller plot is about the plot and not the sex. The only reason anybody cares that there's often sex in romance books is because it's a women's genre.
You're making almost the same argument by pointing out that not all romance has sex and it's about the plot. Of course it's about the plot/couple.
Sex is just a plot element that is no big deal in any other genre. Are there badly written romances where sex hijacks the plot? Yes, we've probably all read at least one. There are also badly written fantasy books where world-building hijacks the plot. Those fantasy books don't get as much hate though because world building isn't nearly as pointlessly controversial as women maybe enjoying a book with some sensuality or sex in it.