| According to BusinessWeek, every 5
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| | These emotions are a connected set of
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| seconds someone buys a romance novel. For
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| | processes that involve physiological
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| those more mathematically inclined-that
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| | changes, such as heart rate, blood
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| makes romance novels a $1.2 billion
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| | pressure and hormones circulating
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| dollar a year industry.
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| | throughout the body-and these comprise
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| And it's no wonder.
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| | the cornerstones of a woman's sexual
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| Experts agree that readers of romance
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| | drive. Therefore, when a woman's emotions
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| novels find it easier to "get in the
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| | are stirred by a romance novel, that's a
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| mood" and on average, even have sex with
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| | recipe for an emotional aphrodisiac. It's
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| their partners more often. Psychology
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| | like giving a woman emotional foreplay."
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| Today states that women who read romance
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| | She goes on to say that "when women read
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| novels make love with their partners 74%
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| | romance novels, their emotions are
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| more often than women who don't. Why?
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| | stirred. Because a woman's emotions are
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| Because, according to a scientific study
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| | directly linked to their libido, romance
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| conducted by Harold Leitenberg of the The
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| | novels then virtually become aphrodisiac
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| Journal of Sex Research and Psychological
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| | cocktails - or what I call emotional
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| Bulletin, when women fantasize frequently
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| | foreplay for women. And that's a prelude
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| (as they do when they read romance
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| | to sex."
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| novels), they have sex more often, have
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| | Just as men become aroused while perusing
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| more fun in bed, and engage in a wider
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| | nude magazines, women stimulate their
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| variety of erotic activities.
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| | emotional and their libido while reading
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| Many therapists now go so far as to
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| | a satisfying love scene. Some critics of
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| recommend reading steamy romance stories
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| | either men's magazine or steamy romance
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| to boost a woman's sex drive. Their
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| | novels may doubt this activity as an
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| reasoning: "taking part in enjoyable
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| | acceptable alternate for couples in a
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| activities such as walking with a
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| | committed relationship for bettering a
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| partner, listening to music, having a
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| | person's sex life. Some may believe these
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| glass of wine, taking a bath, or reading
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| | habits may actually take away that
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| a romance novel can help put women in the
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| | special something from a sexual
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| mood for sex. These activities can help
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| | relationship rather than enhance it.
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| women shift into their "sex self" from
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| | Based on this current scientific studies,
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| their role as mother, wife, employer, or
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| | this is, thankfully, not the case.
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| employee," says Carol Rinkleib Ellison,
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| | Women's sex lives and the level of
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| PhD, a psychologist and author of Women's
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| | intimacy they have with their husbands,
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| Sexualities. Christiane Northrup, M.D. of
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| | boyfriends or partners will show a
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| Women's Health Wisdom also says:
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| | noticeable improvement after reading a
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| "Consider reading novels or renting
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| | romance novel because it simply puts them
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| movies that contain sexual content to
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| | in a more romantic state of mind.
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| help you get in the mood."
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| | So what's the link between romance novel
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| For those of us that enjoy a steamy
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| | and better sex lives?
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| romance novel on a regular basis-this is
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| | Emotional satisfaction.
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| not new news. We've been trying to tell
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| | That's something to think about when
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| mainstream nay-sayers this all along. We
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| | you're at the counter trying to decide
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| women are turned on by "emotional
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| | between this month's Cosmo and the latest
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| stimulation" the way men are aroused
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| | steamy romance novel!!!
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| visually. Though more and more romance
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| | Bonnie Williams Copyright(C) 2006
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| authors are leaning toward more erotic
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| | Sources:
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| romance, women don't always require
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| | BusinessWeek Online - 02/12/2006; Romance
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| graphic sex scenes to become aroused.
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| | Novels: Reading for Love, The Journal of
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| After reading an emotionally intense love
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| | Sex Research - 2/1/2001; Harold
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| scene, a woman feels more open to the
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| | Leitenberg - Sexual Fantasies About One's
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| "idea" of making love-or "in the mood"
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| | Partner Versus Someone Else: Gender
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| for sex.
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| | Differences in Incidence and Frequency,
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| Maria Veloso, author of Midwinter Turns
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| | WebMD - 07/26/2004; Dulce Zamora -
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| to Spring states, "Contrary to popular
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| | Revving Up Women's Sex Drive, Women's
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| belief, the ability of romance novels to
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| | Health Wisdom Online Newsletter - March
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| fuel a woman's sexual desire doesn't lie
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| | 2006; Christiane Northrup, M.D. - Turn Up
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| in the stereotypical bodice-ripping,
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| | the Heat on Your Desire, Psychology Today
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| sexually explicit scenes so inherent in
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| | - Sep/Oct 95; Peter Doskoch - The
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| romance novels - but rather in the realm
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| | Safest Sex, The Open Press - 02/02/2006;
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| of emotions. In most cases, a woman's
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| | Maria Veloso - Romance Novels: Are They
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| libido is directly linked to emotions
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| | the Antidote to a Dreary Sex Life?
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| that revolve around romance and love.
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