Sexy Vampires?

I thought some of the questions that were brought up in Tuesday’s class were very interesting and brought up very good points. One of those questions was what are the qualities of vampires which then lead to if vampires have sexuality. Also something that was brought up is that if they do have sexuality why do they when many other "monsters" do not? Throughout the discussion many people listed qualities describing vampires as sexual creatures. However, the idea that vampires are pale was brought up as a negative thing against vampires being sexy. Thinking about that I think the fact that they are pale makes them even sexier creatures. If you think about the time period of when vampires were first discovered or created in society, being pale was a quality of being sexy. The whole idea of their obsession with blood is a passion and necessity. The whole thing revolves around the mouth and the neck, sucking, all sexual things. Vampires are extremely sexual creatures, they have to be. Being sexual is a requirement, they need to be suave and capture their prey. Vampires are not the kind of monsters who scare, but “suck” in their prey. They seduce humans, so they can suck their blood. If vampires did not have these sexy qualities they would not be able to seduce.

The whole idea of sexuality leads to the question at one point of how the sucking of the blood relates to sex. I think the sucking of blood, especially how it is described in Interview with the Vampire, is very similar to sex. They are both an exchange of fluids, exotic nourishment and both are a type of pleasure. Vampires receive pleasure for sucking on the necks of their victims the way humans receive pleasure from sex. I thought the similarities between the two were very interesting.