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Old 09-20-2009, 03:59 PM   #1
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A woman's figure and breast size

It may sound stupid, but I know nothing of this for story writing.
I need some help.

First, how are a woman's mesurments taken and how does it all transfer into text for a story?
Is it really important for erotica to detail the woman?
Can't the characters be generalized as cute, pretty, and sexy?
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Old 09-20-2009, 04:10 PM   #2
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to answer your questions;
A woman's measurements are taken with a grain of salt, because they have almost nothing to do with what she is or why she's attractive. It all transfers into the text of a story most of us will click right away from....

depending on who you write your erotica for, it is not important to detail the woman-- or the man either. People who NEED TO KNOW what the looks are like tend to watch porn and not read much.

And, yes; You say cute, I know what cute means to me... so I know exactly what your character looks like!
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In the writers FAQ is says that you are supposed to give cup sizes and all that. Don't. Your characters will be more appealing if they aren't physical perfection. None of us are and we relate better to women whose figures are simply described as curvy, sturdy, or slim. You'd have to ask women how they like men described. I can't imagine anyone wanting to know that your hero has a slight pot-belly, but there's no accounting for taste.
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In the writers FAQ is says that you are supposed to give cup sizes and all that. Don't. Your characters will be more appealing if they aren't physical perfection. None of us are and we relate better to women whose figures are simply described as curvy, sturdy, or slim. You'd have to ask women how they like men described. I can't imagine anyone wanting to know that your hero has a slight pot-belly, but there's no accounting for taste.
Women tend to want their men described from the inside as much as the outside...
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Women tend to want their men described from the inside as much as the outside...
Yep, but it doesn't hurt if he's hotter 'n hell!
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From a guy's point of view, I think if you look at real women ( not the ones in magazines) you'll see how to describe them. It's more how their body moves and the proportion of things that appeals more to both sexes. The changes to them during sexual activity, nipples and labia and cocks enlarging and how they react, is more important than cup sizes and the proverbial 36C-24-36 syndrome or the imaginary 10"-12" cock. The more normal the character, the more interest and relating to your reader will have for them. Hope that helps
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From a guy's point of view, I think if you look at real women ( not the ones in magazines) you'll see how to describe them. It's more how their body moves and the proportion of things that appeals more to both sexes. The changes to them during sexual activity, nipples and labia and cocks enlarging and how they react, is more important than cup sizes and the proverbial 36C-24-36 syndrome or the imaginary 10"-12" cock. The more normal the character, the more interest and relating to your reader will have for them. Hope that helps
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A vague description is fine with me. A little top heavy; perfectly proportioned; bigger than average; well-hung; pear-shaped; etc. I don't need to know much more. Too exact (and usually exaggerated) and I begin to question the physics...
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Let's do a bit of systems analysis here.

Women have tits (breasts.) Why do women have breasts? Why, to feed babies, of course. Typically a woman has one baby, maybe two. A mama cat or dog frequently has four babies or even more. Thus a mama cat or dog obviously has huge breasts, the better to feed babies. OK, that doesn't work.

Why do women have breasts? When humans shifted to upright posture, the female buttocks were no longer the usual way to attract a mate. So, maybe women developed breasts as a means of attracting a mate. Of course, that's ridiculous. If that were true, there would be publications that featured women displaying their exposed tits (breasts.) BINGO!

Of course, sensitive men, like myself, prefer women with social skills, with developed minds, with empathy, AS LONG AS THEY GOT BIG TITS!
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Old 09-20-2009, 05:57 PM   #13
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I think that y'all missed something here -- or I'm just reading more into it

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First, how are a woman's mesurments taken and how does it all transfer into text for a story?
Just do a quick Google search for "bra measurement" to come up with the facts. There are even videos *laugh*

I've written a measurement scene before in Sisters of the Mists, but heaven help me if I know which chapter it's in at the moment. I didn't reveal the final tally, because it wasn't the point of the scene, which was a lead-in to girly sex between Christi and Andrea

You describe it just like you do anything else. In my case, I purposely turned it into a seduction scene. If it's meant to be a dry scene, then you can ram the whole process into one sentence, with just enough references to where the measuring tape goes to get the point across.

If you're talking about how do you type the bra size, and you feel that it's appropriate/necessary for the story then I would suggest using the form:

38D

Use the number, and a capital letter for the cup size. Typing everything out in words just doesn't hit my eyes right, even though I tend to avoid numerals for nearly everything else. That's pretty much the dominant style of expressing it from what I've seen.

Many people don't want to see bra sizes and penis length in a story at all, so you might consider just describing them, even in such vague terms as large, average, etc.

I've used it before, when a woman was bra shopping, and in dialogue/thought dialogue when a couple of guys were not-so-quietly-whispering their horribly incorrect guesses about a woman's bra size.

It's not something you want to use often, but it's not as if it's forbidden, either.

Now to hit submit, and hope I didn't miss those very answers from someone else in the process of trying to read the thread and write words on flash cards for the young one at the same time
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Well, it's true that most folk don't seem to want to read about her 38DD hooters and his 12 inch love gun but if you write parody you MUST put in an info dump in about the stats. And be sure to include dark roots on the peroxide blond.

Otherwise, you have to come, or cum, up with an artful descriptions of your lady's melons and such. Stuff like "her humongous orbs glistened with curdy cum and blowjob drool from hoovering his turgid tool that was as big as her forearm as she hefted those puppies and presented them to her master, barely able to lift her fleshy fun bags that were the size of a regulation NBA basketball, but way heavier."

Like that. Quality stuff. Oh, and don't forget to comment on pussy juice viscosity and his copious mount of jizm.
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Well, it's true that most folk don't seem to want to read about her 38DD hooters and his 12 inch love gun but if you write parody you MUST put in an info dump in about the stats. And be sure to include dark roots on the peroxide blond.

Otherwise, you have to come, or cum, up with an artful descriptions of your lady's melons and such. Stuff like "her humongous orbs glistened with curdy cum and blowjob drool from hoovering his turgid tool that was as big as her forearm as she hefted those puppies and presented them to her master, barely able to lift her fleshy fun bags that were the size of a regulation NBA basketball, but way heavier."

Like that. Quality stuff. Oh, and don't forget to comment on pussy juice viscosity and his copious mount of jizm.
Wait! Wait! Wait! Can you type a little slower? I'm trying to write all this down.
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Let's do a bit of systems analysis here.

Women have tits (breasts.) Why do women have breasts? Why, to feed babies, of course. Typically a woman has one baby, maybe two. A mama cat or dog frequently has four babies or even more. Thus a mama cat or dog obviously has huge breasts, the better to feed babies. OK, that doesn't work.

Why do women have breasts? When humans shifted to upright posture, the female buttocks were no longer the usual way to attract a mate. So, maybe women developed breasts as a means of attracting a mate. Of course, that's ridiculous. If that were true, there would be publications that featured women displaying their exposed tits (breasts.) BINGO!

Of course, sensitive men, like myself, prefer women with social skills, with developed minds, with empathy, AS LONG AS THEY GOT BIG TITS!
Now you're just grasping at straws.
The original cave man attraction, was body hair.
It's like how we see skimpy clothes imagining her taking them off.
A cave man saw a woman with body hair and had the desire to shave her marking his territory (information from The Discover Channel).

Breasts and nipples are not female exclusive, and have nothing to do with feeding babies.
It just so happens the female breast did not dry up while developing (love those hormones), while the male breast (a gorilla's) dried up while we were still evolving.
The maternal instinct kicked in, and found the young tended to enjoy the milk.

What are breasts for, they are for sweating/perspiring, sort of like a dog's tongue.
It also may be a throwback from the llama and camel (making water from stored sweat).
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Now you're just grasping at straws.
The original cave man attraction, was body hair.
It's like how we see skimpy clothes imagining her taking them off.
A cave man saw a woman with body hair and had the desire to shave her marking his territory (information from The Discover Channel).

Breasts and nipples are not female exclusive, and have nothing to do with feeding babies.
It just so happens the female breast did not dry up while developing (love those hormones), while the male breast (a gorilla's) dried up while we were still evolving.
The maternal instinct kicked in, and found the young tended to enjoy the milk.

What are breasts for, they are for sweating/perspiring, sort of like a dog's tongue.
It also may be a throwback from the llama and camel (making water from stored sweat).

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I know this isn't exactly what you are asking, but if you or anyone is curious as to how measurements are taken correctly, this is a good link:

http://www.decentexposures.com/size.shtml
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Just do a quick Google search for "bra measurement" to come up with the facts. There are even videos *laugh*

I've written a measurement scene before in Sisters of the Mists, but heaven help me if I know which chapter it's in at the moment. I didn't reveal the final tally, because it wasn't the point of the scene, which was a lead-in to girly sex between Christi and Andrea

You describe it just like you do anything else. In my case, I purposely turned it into a seduction scene. If it's meant to be a dry scene, then you can ram the whole process into one sentence, with just enough references to where the measuring tape goes to get the point across.

If you're talking about how do you type the bra size, and you feel that it's appropriate/necessary for the story then I would suggest using the form:

38D

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Many people don't want to see bra sizes and penis length in a story at all, so you might consider just describing them, even in such vague terms as large, average, etc.

I've used it before, when a woman was bra shopping, and in dialogue/thought dialogue when a couple of guys were not-so-quietly-whispering their horribly incorrect guesses about a woman's bra size.

It's not something you want to use often, but it's not as if it's forbidden, either.

Now to hit submit, and hope I didn't miss those very answers from someone else in the process of trying to read the thread and write words on flash cards for the young one at the same time
Thanks, that was helpful, albeit a little confusing.
I guess I shouldn't just jump right in this like I planned to do.
By the way, these are alien girls who were inspired by some anime shows I've seen, but I'm sure this will help for other stories.
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Now, this isn't turning into another tittie thread, is it?
Darlin' we can turn any thread into a tittie thread. ya gotta love titties.
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Try something subtle like...

Gwendoline shock here enormous knockers at the boys. Not to say they were large, but Baron Von Hindenburg would have been happy with just one of them as a model for his airships.

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Just make sure to say that ALL of the women in your stories have 48DDD boobs... regardless of height or body weight. Then you'll want some dude (other than her hubby) to grope them while they cheat on their poor, abused husbands... finish by posting your story in the Loving Wives catagory... It's a sure thing you'll get a big red H that way! Trust me on this, K?
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