086. Sex Education & Romance Novels: Not Medical Advice (with Dame Jodie Slaughter)

Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

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086. Sex Education & Romance Novels: Not Medical Advice (with Dame Jodie Slaughter)

Shelf Love

Apr 20, 2021

Dame Jodie Slaughter joins me to talk about sex education, the messages about safe sex in romance novels, the symbolic nature of sexual choices in romance, and discussion of research on these topics.

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Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

Shelf Love explores fictional stories of romantic love across media, time, and cultures. For the curious and open-minded who joyfully question as they consume pop culture. What's love got to do with it? Quite a bit!

From the page to the stage, on the screen or in the wrestling ring: Shelf Love invites experts to share their knowledge and love for diverse genres and how they help us explore romantic love, including romance novels, comic books, soap operas, romantic comedies, video games, oral stories, advertisements, and more, and introduces theory alongside applications and accessible explanations.

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