107.9 The River » romance novels http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sun, 26 May 2013 00:44:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Can Romance Novels Be Hazardous To Your Health? http://theriver1079.com/can-romance-novels-be-hazardous-to-your-health/ http://theriver1079.com/can-romance-novels-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:17:20 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=25306 By promoting idealized relationships full of multiple orgasms, condom-less sex, and trouble-free pregnancies, relationship expert Susan Quilliam believes romance novels are having an adverse effect on the sexual health of women.

In a paper published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, Quilliam writes that “a huge number of the issues we see in our clinics and therapy rooms are influenced by romantic fiction.”

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