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In reply to the discussion: Does Anybody Else Have A Bad Taste In Their Mouths, Over Objections To Sexually Explicit Books ??? [View all]mainer
(12,050 posts)I know one of the editors who bought it for her territory. She's an amazing, brilliant, powerful woman who saw that it would generate huge profits for her company. She never shared with me what she really thought about its merits, but as she has excellent literary taste, I am assuming this was purely a business move on her part. Yes, she is a feminist. And yes, her company made out like bandits with the book.
I know a different editor who refused to publish it. She too is an amazing, brilliant, powerful woman, but she was so disgusted by the book that she said she didn't care if her company lost out. She too is a feminist, and she made a personal decision that probably worked against her company's profits.
So two equally strong women came to two different decisions. Neither one was wrong.
The moral of the story is that women should be left to their own choices. Read the book or not. Publish the book or not. At least they make their own decisions.