The metaphor of a woman who is turned on getting VERY wet

I had a female co-worker that had friendzoned me and she used to whisper to me about her fiancé "He makes me moist"
She did that mostly to see my reaction
 
I was thinking about this regarding the panty liner thread.

I feel - like a lot of things - this has got exaggerated. So if a woman gets wet when turned on (which may or may not happen to a discernible degree, depending on the woman and the circumstances), surely if she gets more turned on, she gets more wet. And if she is super turned on, her vagina basically becomes a faucet. The last, of course, doesn’t really happen.

Of course female arousal is less obvious than male. And wetness serves the same purpose as a throbbing erection in a story. But are we overdoing this? I find myself reaching for words like sopping and soaking probably way too much.

Thoughts?

Em
I write like that because in my personal experience I do get ridiculously wet. Like not dripping like a faucet for sure, but I ruin clothes and cream easily
 
Interesting point Emily. To broaden the issue, there are lots of things that can go into that category, i.e. descriptions that, let's say, push the boundaries of anatomical or physiological realities. Such as penis size, breast size, ejaculate volume, female wetness, male stamina, etc.

Since this is all pretty much fiction, I'm OK reading stories that lean a bit closer to the ideal. It's fantasy after all. So if the characters have close to ideal bodies (by whatever measure) and other characteristics, I'm OK with it. I am guilty of that kind of writing.

However, there is a line where things are so exaggerated that it takes me right out of the story. It induces an eyeroll or a "yeah, right" reaction that ruins the mood.

Again, just using me as an example, my writing has changed over the years. I used to think that it I had to paint a very specific picture of the characters, like hair color, cock size, breast size, etc. In later writings I have tried to lose the specific descriptions but use words that the reader can then create their own image of the character. They may prefer redheads to the blonde character that I had in mind.

Now with all that said, Emily, you happened to pick on a specific attribute that I find most exciting, maybe to the point of fetish. For that reason, my female characters, shall we say, are liberally moist and the process by which they get there is usually a part of the story.
 
In love I'm fallin', my heart's a callin'
Emily, Emily
The birds are singing, my ears keep ringing
a melody tenderly

E's for eternity, M that she's mine,
I love you Emily, that's I-L-Y
 
I will often describe something anatomically or biologically ridiculous, but then add in a line which notes that it's merely the character's perception creating this idea.

For example in Eldritch Pact:

Through the wonderful, maddening sensations, he tried to collect his thoughts, but the task was beyond difficult. 'It... it almost seems like there are... countless tongues within her throat... all lapping... all tasting me at once... that's... that's impossible....'
I follow it immediately with the line:
The notion was pure lunacy, of course; nevertheless, his mind insisted that it was true.

In this instance, I point out how it feels, and then double down on the idea that it's merely a feeling, and not reality. [Mild spoilers: The woman he's with is not actually human. She's a shape shifter, and she technically could have multiple tongues in her throat, if she wanted, but the character doesn't know that yet, and I left it ambiguous here]

HOWEVER I was reading a story later on, about a woman giving head, and they used a similar analogy of multiple tongues within the throat with no disclaimer or reason. To me, that seems inferior, although that's merely my opinion.

So all in all, I write the analogies and descriptions I want, but I often try to have my cake and eat it too by using absurd expressions... And blaming it on faulty perception
 
I was thinking about this regarding the panty liner thread.

I feel - like a lot of things - this has got exaggerated. So if a woman gets wet when turned on (which may or may not happen to a discernible degree, depending on the woman and the circumstances), surely if she gets more turned on, she gets more wet. And if she is super turned on, her vagina basically becomes a faucet. The last, of course, doesn’t really happen.

Of course female arousal is less obvious than male. And wetness serves the same purpose as a throbbing erection in a story. But are we overdoing this? I find myself reaching for words like sopping and soaking probably way too much.

Thoughts?

Em

I was thinking about this regarding the panty liner thread.

I feel - like a lot of things - this has got exaggerated. So if a woman gets wet when turned on (which may or may not happen to a discernible degree, depending on the woman and the circumstances), surely if she gets more turned on, she gets more wet. And if she is super turned on, her vagina basically becomes a faucet. The last, of course, doesn’t really happen.

Of course female arousal is less obvious than male. And wetness serves the same purpose as a throbbing erection in a story. But are we overdoing this? I find myself reaching for words like sopping and soaking probably way too much.

Thoughts?

Em
Excellent question, as a man I've often wondered about this. As you said, less discernable. But as a guy with a panty kink, wetness, feminine, womanly, aroma really turns me on!! I think wet, soaking, soaked, moist, moisture are all fine...
 
In this instance, I point out how it feels, and then double down on the idea that it's merely a feeling, and not reality. [Mild spoilers: The woman he's with is not actually human. She's a shape shifter, and she technically could have multiple tongues in her throat, if she wanted, but the character doesn't know that yet, and I left it ambiguous here]

I did something similar in The White Room, more of a throwaway line really, during the mutual masturbation scene between Nick and Chloe:

It couldn't possibly be growing in my hand, yet it certainly felt that way.

Did the alien experiments actually increase his size, or was he simply so aroused it just felt larger?

I never confirmed it either way.
 
There are other indicators. How we use them depends on are we speaking first person...
How do I describe personal arousal, from a female perspective?
Those unmistakable tingles. Tummy muscles fluttering.
Nipples hardening... Flushed skin colour...
Dryness in the mouth.
Increased heart rate pulse...
Swollen genitalia... moistening... Squishy rather than sopping...
None will satisfy the male readers...
They for some reason expect faucets...

Cagivagurl
Those philistines.
 
Her shorts were soaked, thought she peed, nope just piss drunk, she kicked them off with a wet thunk, those lips had a drip drop. I parted them, she leaked like a shiv, not piss, is this real?
 
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