For the most entertaining metaphors, I present to you Exhibit A: Mills & Boon. I think their BDSM was called.. Leather and Spice or something? Or the 'Ethnic' section. Forgot which. The saddest bit is they pay really, really well.

I am also rather wishing the copyright situation on my pontianak story wasn't so iffy :(

BTW, have you read Amitav Ghosh before? If not, be warned, he is rant rant patriarchal sadface.