CyranoJ
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So. Weird anatomy in erotic stories.
Here I'm not just talking about pornopoetic license, like the ability of erotic heroines of all shapes and sizes to withstand near-infinite punishment from improbably large and ever-ready penises. (Although if this is a deal-breaker for some readers, I do get that.)
I'm talking about more specific anatomical quirks in erotic fiction that make a reader stop and go, "hmmm." A common one, of course, is stories that go out of their way to talk about the hymen, and then promptly demonstrate that the author doesn't fully understand what or where a hymen is.
I recently ran across another curious and hitherto unfamiliar one. It was in a story (series of stories, really) that I was reviewing -- and it wasn't prevalent enough to make specific comment on in my review, it didn't ultimately spoil anything -- but nevertheless it took me aback. The author kept referring to a "rough spot" inside the vagina that they were apparently envisaging as a nerve cluster and I think was meant to represent the G-spot. Every time it came up I was like... that's not something I've ever encountered in vaginas? And if I found a "rough spot" in a partner's vagina I'd probably recommend they see a doctor?
Well, it was a fantasy story and so I just put it down to world-building. Maybe women on this particular world all have this growth inside their privates for some reason. It didn't come up too frequently, so I could mostly ignore it, and the rest of the writing was otherwise tops.
But it made me wonder what weird anatomical kinds of japery other people might have encountered in erotic writing. And it also made me neurotically wonder if I might be doing something like this myself without realizing it. So this is an invitation for AH to sound off on this phenomenon. What's the most weird and off-putting anatomical inconsistency or weirdness you've encountered in a story (on Lit or off)?
Here I'm not just talking about pornopoetic license, like the ability of erotic heroines of all shapes and sizes to withstand near-infinite punishment from improbably large and ever-ready penises. (Although if this is a deal-breaker for some readers, I do get that.)
I'm talking about more specific anatomical quirks in erotic fiction that make a reader stop and go, "hmmm." A common one, of course, is stories that go out of their way to talk about the hymen, and then promptly demonstrate that the author doesn't fully understand what or where a hymen is.
I recently ran across another curious and hitherto unfamiliar one. It was in a story (series of stories, really) that I was reviewing -- and it wasn't prevalent enough to make specific comment on in my review, it didn't ultimately spoil anything -- but nevertheless it took me aback. The author kept referring to a "rough spot" inside the vagina that they were apparently envisaging as a nerve cluster and I think was meant to represent the G-spot. Every time it came up I was like... that's not something I've ever encountered in vaginas? And if I found a "rough spot" in a partner's vagina I'd probably recommend they see a doctor?
Well, it was a fantasy story and so I just put it down to world-building. Maybe women on this particular world all have this growth inside their privates for some reason. It didn't come up too frequently, so I could mostly ignore it, and the rest of the writing was otherwise tops.
But it made me wonder what weird anatomical kinds of japery other people might have encountered in erotic writing. And it also made me neurotically wonder if I might be doing something like this myself without realizing it. So this is an invitation for AH to sound off on this phenomenon. What's the most weird and off-putting anatomical inconsistency or weirdness you've encountered in a story (on Lit or off)?