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This thread has deeper underlying questions that require answering - such as where the vampire myth actually came from?
The reason vampires are associated with sexuality is the 'nature' of their activity - although macabre, it is inherently sexual in nature. As a result, vampires are portrayed as exuding a certain sexuality in all they represent.
As to whether this is a genuine sexuality or something else, I think it is more accurately seen as an appreciation of the human form, of the beauty which emanates from life.
That said, you would think it logical that vampires retain their sexual urges, and the only way these may be expressed is through the action of sucking one's blood - actual sexual interaction may not result in any pleasure to them so they need to vent their frustration through sexualising their act of survival.
This is all getting too confusing - are vampires real anyway? I think that the myth must have emerged from somewhere - it is so specific in its mythology (the whole cross, garlic, silver bullet, steak through the heart, decapitation, eternal life, burnt by sunlight, etc) that it must have emerged from something that was once real???
What does everyone else think?
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