Assume the position...

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Assume the position

David Blackburn 6:21pm This is the week of the one-track mind. The Bad Sex Awards took place on Monday- held at the In and Out Club, obviously. Amid competition from Philip Roth, Nick Cave, Paul Theroux and Amos Oz, Jonathon Littell won the less than coveted prize for what Lucasta Miller described as “toe-curling” descriptions in his novel The Kindly Ones.

An unusually censorious Oliver Marre writes that our tittering obsession with sex reveals ‘much about the schoolboy attitude of too many readers (particularly English readers)’. Up to a point to Mr Marre, but the direct and provocative manner in which sex and desire are depicted and described these days lend themselves to ridicule.

This week, the LA Times marks 50 years of Harlequin Cover Art. Harlequin is the US’s version of Mills and Boon, only with whiter teeth and Wisconsin to romp in rather than Surbitan. 50 years of covers render changing depictions of sex perfectly. The Heart of a Woman (1955 imprint) features a quaintly amusing scene where a raunchy looking cowboy in the mould of Charlton Heston kisses a ‘little woman’, who bears a striking resemblance to Grace Kelly, on the back of the head. Over time, that image has been replaced by this Dirty Des-esque contrivance:

No wonder we find posed, self-consciously daring sexuality so hilarious, and slightly embarassing.

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Great. Now I have a #######.

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mc talking about a 3some finally, i never thought i'd see the day.

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I'm glad I stopped by OT tonight!