{"id":13213,"date":"2012-05-14T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=13213"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:08:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:08:35","slug":"judging-a-bookstore-by-its-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/05\/judging-a-bookstore-by-its-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging a bookstore by its covers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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My blog neighbor Nancy French visited a bookstore in Tennessee the other day and got an eyeful: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There, right next to the nice Civil War section (this is Tennessee, after all) is apparently a \u201csexuality\u201d section, showing various sexual positions in plain view.\u00a0 And when I showing, I mean\u00a0showing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

One book promised to make this the most erotic year of your life with 365 sexual positions \u2013 one of which was shown in plain, naked view on its cover. Another was about the art of erotic massage, and had a naked woman\u2019s torso with a man\u2019s hand \u2013 barely \u2013 covering her.\u00a0 (And no, I\u2019m not being a prude.\u00a0 I\u2019ve blocked out the image of the book shelf above, but here are two of the images in case you are wondering what kids walk by in Books-a-Million stores all across the nation \u2013 warning, obviously \u2014here<\/a> and\u00a0here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Thankfully, no damage had been done.\u00a0 I have a four, an eleven, and a thirteen year old, but they hadn\u2019t seen the display.\u00a0 I promptly, turned the books face down, figuring some teenage kids had come in and thought it would be funny to put pornographic images out in plain view.<\/p>\n

Discreetly, I went to talk to a worker at the store.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think someone\u2019s played a prank in the \u2018sexuality\u2019 section,\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s probably just some kids, but there are very sexual images that wouldn\u2019t leave much to kids\u2019 imaginations over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cashier shook her head and said, \u201cThose books on the top shelf are exactly as they are supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean the one that literally shows two people having sex is supposed to be out in plain view?\u201d<\/p>\n

She pointed at a poster on the customer service desk.\u00a0 \u201cYou can call corporate if you like.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She did. Read on<\/a><\/strong> to find out what happened.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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