You knew your summer beach read wasn't exactly brain food, but could it actually be bad for your health?
In an essay published in the latest edition of the UK Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health, relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam ripped into the bodice-ripping genre, suggesting that it can encourage unsafe sex practices among readers. She writes:
To be blunt, we like condoms -�?? for protection and for contraception �??- and they don't. In one recent survey, only 11.5% of romantic novels studied mentioned condom use, and within these scenarios the heroine typically rejected the idea because she wanted �??no barrier�?? between her and the hero.
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