Friday Five: The Power of Literature in Your Sex Life
Literature holds the power to be a powerful tool to explore our innermost desires and deepest fantasies.
Keep reading to explore 5 themes to explore the intersection of literature with erotica.
1. The Role of Erotica and Sexual Literature in Female Pleasure
While we commonly understand that sexuality is a fundamental aspect of human nature, there's less recognition around the role erotica and sexual literature play in enhancing sexual experiences.
Additionally, erotic writings can offer unique pathways for self-discovery, empowerment, and a deeper understanding of desires.
The role of erotica and sexual literature in female pleasure extends far beyond mere titillation. Both can provide benefits to female fulfillment that can significantly impact women's sexual well-being. Explore this topic in our blog, 6 Ways Erotic Literature Can Benefit Female Pleasure.
2. Erotic Writing Can Inspire You
Erotic writing helps start important conversations about intimacy in a safe way, offering a unique gateway to explore one's sexuality.
On our Carnal Theory podcast, The Power of Consent-Focused Erotica, our guest Peekaboo Collins leads a discussion about how reading erotic stories can help us understand our sexuality better.
She shares a passage from her book Monogamy With Treats, where a couple talks openly about going to a swinger's club and sets ground rules for the evening with mutual consent.
3. Erotic Power
“Recognizing the power of the erotic within our lives can give us the energy to pursue genuine change within our world, rather than merely settling for a shift of characters in the same weary drama.”
― Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
4. A Poetic Journey of Inspiration
Poetry can transport us to places beyond the tangible, evoking emotions and thoughts that invite us to explore our own creativity and desires. Amon Elise is a modern-day sensualist, yogi, and poet. As a 200hr certified yoga teacher, she teaches private yoga classes, leads sexuality classes and book clubs at the My Sex Bio Studio, and shares her poetry with us for you to enjoy.
Waiting
The last time I asked you
to tell me what you wanted,
You didn’t have an answer for me.
We didn’t have sex that night
because no one knew how to move!
We couldn’t imagine ourselves
in a new world learning to finger-paint
with colors we hadn’t invented yet.
We didn’t know how to formulate equations
with too many unknown values and a measuring system
that doesn’t make sense.
We couldn’t open ourselves
to a new dance for an alien rhythm with a pile of instruments
we’d never seen before.
But tonight.
You will ask me.
And I will show up for you.
And we will try.
— Amon Elise
