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In 2011, psychologist Susan Quilliam blamed romantic fiction, and Mills & Boon in particular, for poor sexual health and relationship breakdowns.
The surprising impact that romantic novels have on our work " in the Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care published by the BMJ Group.
In the paper, Quilliam writes " what we see in our planning clinic consulting rooms is more likely to be informed by Mills & Boon than by the Family Planning Association.
" Quilliam argues that a correlation exists between negative attitudes toward the use of condoms and reading of romantic fiction ; as well as citing a survey that shows only 11. 5 % of romantic novels mention condom use.
She suggests that a romance reader may " not protection with a new man because she wants to be swept up by the moment as a heroine would.
" Among other potential problems, romantic fiction readers are also likely to have unrealistic expectations about sex, to equate lack of romance or sexual desire with a lack of love, to see pregnancy as a cure of relationship difficulties and to be less likely to terminate pregnancies.
Relationships of romance readers are more likely to break down because they are likely the think that " rather than working at her relationship she should be hitching her star to a new romance.
" Quilliam also writes that " a deep strand of escapism, perfectionism and idealisation runs through the genre " and " if readers start to believe the story that romantic fiction offers, then they store up trouble for themselves – and then they bring that trouble into our consulting rooms.
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