“...the church and other guardians of public morality have a point. Sex is powerful; passionate love can be transgressive of the good order of society. It can be sinful, causing great harm and pain to others. And the erotic in literature may beguile, seduce....The solution is not, however, to deny but to recognize and accept the power of this aspect of our humanity, and to channel it into fruitfulness and productivity, to see it as a gift from God, to find God in it. And to rejoice in being fully alive, body and soul for the glory of God.” GodHumanitySexSexualityThe Erotic Book:Walking a Literary Labyrinth Source: Walking a Literary Labyrinth
“In the most common fantasy of ideal love, [...], a woman can only unleash her desire in the hands of a man whom she imagines to be more powerful, who does not depend upon her for his strength. [...] The boundedness and limits within which one can surrender, and in which one can experience abandonment and creativity, are sought in the ideal lover. (p. 120)” LoveThe Erotic Book:The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination Source: The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination