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Erotica author Anne Douglas sent me a link to a story that she discussed on her blog: a Jacksonville, FL, mom is up in arms because her 16 year old daughter brought home an erotica novel from the library.

Says the mother:

“This is just the kind of stuff we’re trying to protect our kids from in society today,” says Maddox. “And here she’s able to just grab it off the shelf at the library with no one there to keep it away from them.”

According to Douglas’ blog entry on the story, the book in question was by Zane. Further, this is Douglas’ local library:

On a personal note, this is not the only erotic romance on the shelf at Pablo Creek - I was pleasantly surprised to pick up Diane Whiteside’s Irish Devil (I think I saw one of the follow up stories too). Pablo Creek also has a separate children’s section—as in not even in the same main room, and also a separate wall of teen books in the fiction, along with a separate teen computer/meet&greet teen shelving room that is in a glassed off section from the main library. Teens and children are well catered for at this particular library.

My reaction: a hearty “Oh, for fuck’s sake, people. Literally.” It’s, of course, the library’s fault that a 16 year old can check out erotica from the local library. And I suppose we need some beefy security guards at the local bookstore, too, should any 16 year old want to buy such literature.

What a waste of an opportunity to have a thoughtful conversation about sexuality with a daughter. Instead that poor girl is going to be embarrassed for weeks. 

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