Pullman's publishers have primarily marketed the series to young adults, but Pullman also intended to speak to adults. North American printings of The Amber Spyglass have edited passages describing Lyra's incipient sexuality, which Pullman intends as a reevaluation of the tale of Adam and Eve. "This so-called original sin is anything but. It’s the thing that makes us fully human."
Original sin is not about sex.
A follow-up to my earlier post about sexuality in YA, more specifically in His Dark Materials
- 14/09/2010 11:13:45 AM
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Umm
- 14/09/2010 02:54:55 PM
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It isn't equivalent to sex, no, but it is said to be the implicit cause of it. *NM*
- 14/09/2010 09:54:00 PM
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Your title line is hilarious. Gold Star for Legolas! *NM*
- 14/09/2010 03:00:49 PM
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Thank you, I'll be here all week. 
*NM*
- 14/09/2010 03:02:12 PM
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*NM*
- 14/09/2010 03:02:12 PM
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Shit. Then who will be here next week? I need entertainment then, too. *NM*
- 15/09/2010 04:06:40 AM
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*NM*
- 15/09/2010 04:06:40 AM
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Not explicitly sexual? But it said "breast"! We must protect our children from this filth!
- 15/09/2010 04:22:58 PM
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Could have just changed it to chest. It wasn't a sexualized "breast" in that context. *NM*
- 21/09/2010 04:03:00 PM
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