Chapter 19: Myth—Sexuality Doesn’t Matter

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I recall when my daughter Patty was in fourth grade around the age of

ten. Patty was a voracious reader and found a children’s author named Judy Blume she liked. Such books, as “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” were popular and might even have been a little controversial in 1980. Patty tells me this book dealt with a young girl experiencing her first period. In

any case the author was quite prolific in terms of children’s books and then one day Patty came home toting a Judy Blume book called “Wifey.” Of course, the name immediately caught my eye since it did not seem like the name of a fourth grader’s book. I took the book and examined it. After that

I confiscated it and wanted to know where she got it. It came from the library in our small town. Judy Blume established herself as a beloved writer of children’s books and then just decided she wanted to write a porn novel. I remember feeling how wrong this was for a writer to establish a following of young girls on what was morally acceptable and generally good

books only to switch sides and offer something inherently evil. Wifey fits the bill of what God refers to as lascivious or sexually enticing material.

You can go to Amazon.com 15 on the Internet and read the first five

pages of Wifey. They are accessible online when you search under Blume. Then, ask yourself why a popular children’s book writer would write such an adult porn novel. She could have published her adult porn novel under a different name. Yet that wouldn’t take advantage of her established child

audience for her adult trash, would it? Same thing with Meg Ryan who established a wholesome image in films only to then turn to pornography. Of course, once people like this show such evil do not support them in any way. Why should you let your young daughter read children novels from a

writer who also writes adult smut? Hello, isn’t it also supporting evil to buy good books from people engaged in selling immoral books? Yes, it is.

I’m sure the corporate person who ordered “In the Cut” for the video

store did so on the strength of Meg Ryan’s name. She was a renowned star with a strong following and favorable reputation. It is highly doubtful that this person ever viewed the video. I’m also sure that the librarian who ordered “Wifey” did so on the strength of Judy Blume’s name. She too was

a renowned book author with a strong following and favorable reputation. Likewise, it is highly doubtful that the librarian read this porn novel. These