The key to our sexual tastes, Scientific American columnist Jesse Bering, my favorite sexologist, proposes, may lurk not in our genomes but in our childhood experiences. The behavioral geneticist Dean Hamer claims to have discovered a gay gene, but this assertion- like virtually all those emanating from behavioral genetics-has not held up to scrutiny.
Evolutionary psychology is hard-pressed to explain homosexual lust, let alone lust for Godzilla.Īnother popular bio-paradigm is behavioral genetics, which attempts to link specific traits to specific genes. Evolutionary psychologists assume that everything we do and feel must in some direct or indirect way promote our genes' perpetuation (or have promoted it in the past). Take, for example, evolutionary psychology, which seeks to find some adaptive purpose-adaptive for our Paleolithic ancestors if not for us-underpinning our thoughts, emotions, actions. Here's what I love about monster porn: It's a wonderfully wacky reminder that human sexuality is too weird, wild and woolly to be captured by modern science, and especially by theories that reduce our behaviors to genes. Trying to explain monster porn's appeal, freelance writer Bonnie Burton, host of the "Vaginal Fantasy Book Club," writes: "Regular male characters in romance books tend to be over-the-top perfect glistening warriors and knights, but I want an imperfect monster who needs love to show that he can be just as sweet as his human competition… Why deprive the imagination of a great romance just because the protagonist happens to live for 600 years or has the occasional bout with fleas?"
Defenders of monster porn accuse Amazon of inconsistency, noting that the company still offers works of the Marquis de Sade, who extolled the joys of sexual torture and murder. In response, Amazon and other purveyors have at least temporarily blocked access to some e-books, like a popular series featuring Bigfoot. Prudes have attacked monster porn for promoting sexual violence and bestiality. According to a report in Business Insider, some authors-most apparently female-are making serious moola peddling tales of humans-most apparently female-coupling with "creatures of every possible variety, from minotaurs to mermen, cthulhus to leprechauns, extraterrestrials to cyclops." That, at any rate, is the implication of "monster porn," which serves up X-rated versions of such demure classics as Leda and the Swan, King Kong or Beauty and the Beast.Īlso known as “cryptozoological erotica” or "erotic horror," monster porn has flourished in the Internet era, which offers abundant platforms for self-publication. Turns out quite a few women want fantasy sex with T. " What does woman want?" Freud once whined.
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