Christians, is it okay for women to read romance novels?

asilentone---- I remember reading in a Watchtower, or some other WBTS publication that reading romance novels would give a christian woman "unrealistic expectations" towards her husband, so we were definitely discouraged from it. I read them all the time now! tee hee hee....

compound complex

Nathan Knorr, in his comments to the family, blasted "dime novels."

Same thing?

CoCo

teel

So tell us its_you! Are you sad that your husband is not the muscular Nobel prize winner who can melt your heart just by looking at you?

its_me!

Ha! nope! just reading them "dime novels" gets me so hot and bothered, it doesn't matter who passes in front of me, as long as he has 3 legs! (wink wink, I'm kidding........I think!)

mamalove

I bet there are all kinds of sisters who read them and get off, whats wrong with it? Reading about love and feel good feelings? I have a brain, and a hoo hoo so why not use them both responsibly?

St George of England

*** g83 11/8 p. 18 Are Romance Novels Harmless Reading? ***

Interestingly, the sexually explicit romances—available in public libraries in some cities—are the ones most requested by teens. Can they harm? Explains 18-year-old Karen: “The books really stirred strong sexual feelings and curiosity in me. The ecstasy and euphoric feelings felt by the heroine in passionate encounters with the hero caused me to desire those feelings too. So when I was dating,” she continues, “I tried to recreate those sensations. It led me to commit fornication.” But was her experience like those of the heroines she had read and fantasized about? Karen discovered: “These feelings are conjured up in the minds of the writers. They aren’t real.”

Remember, too, that there are other profitable ways to relax or find diversion. Why build your life around imaginary adventures? The Bible says, “There is . . . happiness in giving.” (Acts 20:35) So learn to give by helping other people. A youth (one of Jehovah’s Witnesses) who devoted 60 hours one month to helping people learn about the Bible said: “It was the happiest time of my life.” And when your life is happy, busy and satisfying, who needs the shallow “escape” of romance novels?

WOW, must remember to tell the wife to get rid of all those Barbara Cartland books!

George

St George of England

*** g84 8/8 p. 28 From Our Readers *** Romance Novels Harmless?

It was truly a pleasure to read the article “Young People Ask . . . Are Romance Novels Harmless Reading?” (November 8, 1983) I have personally experienced the hurt that such reading can bring. I often used to dream about the rich, strong, handsome men they described. That was how I ended up marrying a selfish, cynical, pleasure-seeking man, resulting in a marriage that turned out to be a fiasco. No one can afford to dream in life. Two years after my husband’s death I married again, but this time a quiet, hardworking man, so different from the males depicted in romance novels. Our little family now knows what true happiness means.

Just couldn't help adding that one as well!

George

compound complex

Interestingly, the sexually explicit romances—available in public libraries in some cities—are the ones most requested by teens. Can they harm? Explains 18-year-old Karen: “The books really stirred strong sexual feelings and curiosity in me.

Thank goodness these torrid tales of seething passion broken loose upon Karen were confined to some cities only and, it is fervently hoped, to no one other than this solitary, wayward daughter of a rebellious slave girl.

I will not sleep tonight.

I won't....

CC

wiser

Does if glorify God? Is there sexual content? If so we are not allowed to read it.

Christians, is it okay for women to read romance novels?

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