The Smut Revolution

<p>There is a reason your pulse quickens when you turn to that one particular scene in a book - the one where tension spills over where restraint shatters and where characters surrender to something primal something undeniable. That moment the one so many readers secretly crave is smut.<br><br>Once whispered about behind closed doors hidden beneath the guise of guilty pleasures smut has clawed its way into mainstream literature proving that what was once considered taboo is now a genre in its own right. From centuries-old erotic manuscripts to today's bestselling scorchers smut has evolved adapted and seduced millions along the way.<br><br>But why do we read it? Why do we write it? And why does society continue to both embrace and condemn it in equal measure?</p>