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Posted Sep 19, 2000 by Sir Didymus
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 | | Supposedly, one of the most alluring qualities of a vampire is the effect of 'hypnosis'- which some think is just a massive sexual presence that it possesses. Think of all the helpless young virgins in the old films, the vampire's power is based purely on his ability to dominate a woman- the root of his evil power. Incidently, how come Dr. Van Helsing was always staying for the weekend in those films? Coincidence... probably. 
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| | | Subject: Vampires and sexuality
Posted Dec 7, 2001 by The Sciolist
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 | | It is the whole bad boy appeal of vampires, I think. In the older films, the actors were sauve, good looking (tall, dark, and hansome), and often had accents. With recent TV show vampires from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Angel, Druscilla, Dracula, and Spike) and Vampire High, you have a whole generation looking at vampires as 'cool'. Or maybe real-life vampire are just sexy; I really don't know any so direct observation has proven increasing futile.
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| | | Subject: Vampires and sexuality
Posted Feb 27, 2003 by Amarfa
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| | From what I've learned collectively from reading various short stories, novels, and my Vampire Encyclopedia, the vampire tends to be a scapegoat for or representation of suppressed sexual desire in its primary adversary. Note the sexual nature of its attack style, and the almost conjugal relationship between protagonist(ie van helsing, buffy) and antagonist (dracula, angel). It also preys upon women's desire of being seduced; her need for her man to know what she needs or wants without having to tell him, always intelligent conversation, and excellent "timing"...being at night, when no one else is looking, so that she will not suffer the social consequences during the next day. (no offense to any guys out there).
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| | | Subject: Vampires and sexuality
Posted May 1, 2003 by Ford 'ix' Prefect
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| | it may have started with Mr. Stoker mate but where he left off anne rice took the bloody ball and ran like hell. Her Vampires both male and female are highly sencuious creatures(pardon the spelling) bordering on the androginious, beauty it is said is enhanced by the dark gift. there are also sexual undertones in her vampire books some bordering on the homoerotic. I shan't even go into Carmilla which introduces the concept of lesbianism to the female vampires.
so here is the gist take it any way you want
Vampires are HIGHLY SEXUAL creatures and anyone who says otherwise is full of fetted dingo's kidneys
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| | | Subject: Vampires and sexuality
Posted Mar 19, 2004 by lalalisa
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| | Time to resurrect this topic (if you will excuse the phrase).
I think vamps are about as sexy as it gets in general, but there has been, in the last 15 years or so something of a regeneration of the vampire genre - tougher, cooler, more rock and roll - but still Vampires! I have a theory about that, the mystery, hypnosis, seduction etc are all themes unchanged from the early film days when sex on screen was taboo. But now, these themes are expected on TV, radio, film etc etc, so why are we still so turned on by the subtlties of the vampire images? I think now it's all about the penetration. In this post Aids sexual world the closest thing we have to a taboo any more is unprotected penetration. So the sensual abandon of the maiden's submission to the animal magnetismim of Blade, Angel, Lestat or my own passion, Spike, is every thing we know about vamp sex appeal, plus, all about going bareback. 
Any thoughts?
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