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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
I agree. Done well, they can add a lot to the plot and character development.
Sex is interaction between characters that can say a lot about them, what they're thinking, feeling, how they see each other... Like any other scene that should be important to the story. Someone who's charming to your face on a first date but a jerk to wait staff, or venders, can be very telling. Selfish sex can as well.
Too many times sex scenes, and eating scenes when it comes to that, just seem to be thrown in, as filler space. In those cases, they're certainly skippable, and not the sign of a really great writer.
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I agree with this as well. That's why I read the sex scenes. And it's obvious when the scene is there purely as a filler.
Of course then there is the erotica genre, where the main purpose IS to titillate and satisfy people's prurient interests.
Nothing wrong with that, but it's also something I prefer to know beforehand. Not to discover that a book labelled as fantasy or romance is actually mostly erotica. I have nothing against erotica, I've even been known to read some, but let me know before I start to read, please.