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Of all the assorted -monsters- of fiction, the vampire is overtly associated with sex. That�s ironic, since the vampire of folklore was not a sexually attractive figure; he was a dead man who fed on blood, a monster about as attractive as a zombie. Bram Stoker changed all that with his novel, Dracula. Stoker used the vampire as a metaphor for the Victorian view of sex as innately dangerous. In Dracula, sex with the Count transformed women into seductive sirens and horrific baby killers - the opposite of the Victorian ideal of chaste and nurturing womanhood.

We use vampires much as Stoker did - as a metaphor for dangerous and unconventional sex. Bodily fluids are liberally swapped, adding another layer of risk in out post-Aids world. There is the addictive quality to exotic practices and, on the most basic level it reminds us that orgasm, itself, has long been referred to as "the little death."

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Vampires, Myth and Media