People don’t like unpleasant thoughts or visuals in their romance and erotica stories.
Most often nothing is mentioned about using the restroom or even the simple act of cleaning up sticky messes after a wild sex romp.
Nor do you see anything mentioned about unshaven legs (when did this become a common practice for women), unpleasant body odors (bathing everyday was not exactly a common thing in centuries past), or the glaring omission of a male body part…well part of one anyone.
The uncircumcised penis. That little piece of foreskin is often left out of historical romantic fiction and erotica even thought it would be historically accurate to include it.
Consider that circumcision for non-Jews did not become popular until the Victorian era.
Before the early 1900’s it was not common for a non-Jewish male In Europe, Canada or the US to be circumcised.
Not only is this little tidbit overlooked in historical fiction it is also overlooked in paranormal fiction, especially vampire romance and erotica.
So you’ve got a vampire who is a couple hundred years old, he’s not Jewish. But he’s circumcised? How’d that happen? Did he get snipped in modern times after becoming a vampire? Wouldn’t the foreskin have grown back considering in much of vampire fiction things heal and regenerate (example: Jessica on True Blood, the forever virgin no matter how many times she has sex)?
It’s something to ponder.
Yes, I know it’s an odd topic but it just popped into my head.
I just realized that I rarely see anything mentioned about uncircumcised penile foreskin in the books I read. I think I have read two historical/vampire books that actually mentioned it. That probably equals out to being like .001% of all the historical and paranormal fiction that I’ve read.
So why do writers who go to painstaking details to make sure everything is historical accurate often overlook this?
Maybe because no one cares.
Or maybe because many don’t even think of it.
I am a non-Jewish woman in the US. I’ve never even seen an uncircumcised penis except for in photos. So I rarely think about it, today being the exception to this rule.
I know when I’m writing a steamy sex scene and imagining a guy with a nice package, I’m not picturing anything other than what I’m used to because frankly since I have no experience with an uncircumcised cock I have no way to describe it- and I don’t think my husband would appreciate it if I went out and tried to get firsthand knowledge on the topic either. :-)
So romance and erotica authors out there, what do you think?
Have you ever pondered this topic?
Do you include foreskin or have you completely overlooked this tidbit of fleshy historical data?
I would love to hear thoughts and input on this topic.
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