Quote Originally Posted by ProjectEuropa
Being taken by aliens is a modern mutation of being taken by demons. The description of the archetypal alien bears close resemblance to the description of the archtypal demon.
I still like a good demon story, but I guess you are right, many of us share a common view of what makes a 'sexy' alien, and they are usually humanoid with the bits we like exaggerated: large breasted, or large cocked, often red or black, and shiny, the shades of a lot of fetish gear. I imagine being humped by those small green men types we often see these days as aliens is not so appealing. There is a strand of hentai with lots of tentacles, but that kind of alien does not seem to appeal as much to Western sexual tastes.

I agree about the advent of science. I suppose that whereas 150 years or go or so, more people actually still believed in the reality of demons and devils (I know there is a revival of such beliefs, especially in djinns) that is less so nowadays and when asked what they believed in many would put extraterrestrials ahead of demons. To some extent what excites us about what is 'other' has to be grounded in something we believe is possible, but just out of reach. If we had as many stories in the newspapers these days about demonic possession as we do about alien abduction then they might still be as popular as characters in BDSM stories. It might be a fashion, and with the increasing belief in angels in the USA (it has not caught on in Europe it appears), maybe demons will make a 'come-back' soon too.