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Just not sound like Sebastian Bach, just so we're aware.

Just not sound like Sebastian Bach, just so we're aware.

All right, so this is from Jessica, and she says... I read a lot. I'd say 40% romance books. Many have explicit scenes. I've recently gotten to a discussion with a friend, and I'm wondering if I'm the problem. A friend said I was reading porn, and it is the same as watching porn. I disagree for two major reasons. One, no real person is being harmed, trafficked, taken advantage of.

All right, so this is from Jessica, and she says... I read a lot. I'd say 40% romance books. Many have explicit scenes. I've recently gotten to a discussion with a friend, and I'm wondering if I'm the problem. A friend said I was reading porn, and it is the same as watching porn. I disagree for two major reasons. One, no real person is being harmed, trafficked, taken advantage of.

All right, so this is from Jessica, and she says... I read a lot. I'd say 40% romance books. Many have explicit scenes. I've recently gotten to a discussion with a friend, and I'm wondering if I'm the problem. A friend said I was reading porn, and it is the same as watching porn. I disagree for two major reasons. One, no real person is being harmed, trafficked, taken advantage of.

Regardless of where you stand on sex work, there's actually none of that happening in books. Two, if my book is 300 pages, maybe 30 or 40 pages is quote unquote porn. The rest is enjoyable. That's fine because of the other 80 to 90% that's actually character development and plot. Even in the quote-unquote smut books that are 50% explicit, I'm still reading 150 pages of plot. What do you think?

Regardless of where you stand on sex work, there's actually none of that happening in books. Two, if my book is 300 pages, maybe 30 or 40 pages is quote unquote porn. The rest is enjoyable. That's fine because of the other 80 to 90% that's actually character development and plot. Even in the quote-unquote smut books that are 50% explicit, I'm still reading 150 pages of plot. What do you think?

Regardless of where you stand on sex work, there's actually none of that happening in books. Two, if my book is 300 pages, maybe 30 or 40 pages is quote unquote porn. The rest is enjoyable. That's fine because of the other 80 to 90% that's actually character development and plot. Even in the quote-unquote smut books that are 50% explicit, I'm still reading 150 pages of plot. What do you think?

Are explicit romance books just as bad for our minds and bodies as videos? And my ruining my chances for healthy relationships? Or is mixing in a little romance between real books okay now and then?

Are explicit romance books just as bad for our minds and bodies as videos? And my ruining my chances for healthy relationships? Or is mixing in a little romance between real books okay now and then?

Are explicit romance books just as bad for our minds and bodies as videos? And my ruining my chances for healthy relationships? Or is mixing in a little romance between real books okay now and then?

No, I did not. But I was, never had really thought of it this way. And I was very, very curious to hear your thoughts on it.

No, I did not. But I was, never had really thought of it this way. And I was very, very curious to hear your thoughts on it.

No, I did not. But I was, never had really thought of it this way. And I was very, very curious to hear your thoughts on it.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

I tried to read the first one of those and could not even get into the book. But the Game of – A Court of Roses and Thorns or whatever. But there's a whole – I think that's a whole genre now, fantasy.

I tried to read the first one of those and could not even get into the book. But the Game of – A Court of Roses and Thorns or whatever. But there's a whole – I think that's a whole genre now, fantasy.

I tried to read the first one of those and could not even get into the book. But the Game of – A Court of Roses and Thorns or whatever. But there's a whole – I think that's a whole genre now, fantasy.