A touch of Vulgar

"The new way to store knowledge was not through mnemonic formulas but in written text.  This freed the mind for more original, more abstract thought." (Ong 24).  

I read this line from Walter Ong and can picture a sexually charged high schooler telling me this while winking and nudging my side.  Of all that I have read from Ong, Yeats or Kane.  This line sticks out as one of the most apparent sexualizations of literature.  With the advent of writing came the advent of Erotic literature.  We even have a muse dedicated to the genre.  Some of the earliest instances are the Song of Songs from the Bible and Satyricon of Roman literature.  Now a days we have Harlequin Romances with the likeness of Fabio on the Cover.  Everyday people all over the world get a bit hot under the collar reading this form of literature all thanks to this "freed mind"  capable of more "abstract thought.

The Chinese had the Karma Sutra and in western society we have "The Flame and the Flower" novels writing allowed the development of this genre and thus Ong is obviously vulgar in his above quote.