Because Statistics Are Sexier Than Fabio: An Inquiry into the Causes of Visible Spine Breakage

[mayhap]

You all know the cliché of the trashy paperback romance novels that fall open to the well-thumbed sex scenes, but is it really true? Or does it contain approximately as much realism as the trashy paperback romance novels themselves?

Hypothesis: Sex scenes are not the leading cause of broken spines in trashy paperback romance novels.

Methodology

Comments

[supertigerbabe]

How funny!! It took me a moment... I thought you meant HUMAN spine breakage at first... I was like, "WTF?!?!"

[mayhap]

You know, I hope there aren't a lot of people breaking their backs from romance novels! But then, of course, there are those studies that show that a preposterous number of Americans injure themselves every year in incidents involving teapots, or some other patently harmless object, so maybe they do ...

[wisdomeagle]

I thought so too! I thought it referred to characters in the novel breaking their spines from ambitious but ill-advised sexual positions, which happens (apparently) less often than you'd think!

mayhap? You are the BEST EVER and win at LIFE. *loves*

[mayhap]

I can just see all the covers! With the character(s) in wheelchairs and/or full body casts, and cheesy titles like Unbreakable Love and Wheel Me Down the Aisle!

[mayhap]

*facepalms* If LJ would let me make the subject longer, perhaps I could be more clear!

Apply for grants.

Proposed uses for grant money:

Shiny research lab filled with guinea pigs subjects, all reading romance novels under carefully controlled conditions.

[mayhap]

I think I've found my dream job!