Where to post femdom?

[LeandraNyx]

Alright, so, I am having a bit of a dilemma. I'm working on a couple of femdom stories and I was wondering, in which category should I post them?

I figured since crossdressing and forced feminization have a very specific audience, I should just post in "Transsexuals & Crossdressers" and just clarify the nature of the story in an author's note. But what about other categories of femdom? The BDSM & non-con readers tend to be mostly women (I think, correct me if I am wrong), while Sci-Fi/Fantasy seems to be up for pretty much anything as long as you're upfront about it. I just wanna set myself up for success, so any advice from the more seasoned writers would be appreciated. I'm guessing my primary demographic for these particular stories are men with submissive fantasies and I want to make it easy for them to find my stuff.

LKN

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, if it contains more than passing reference to transsexual and/or crossdressing, that's where I'd post it to get the most receptive audience.

 

[oggbashan]

I put my Femdom in Fetish.

Anon tells me I have chosen the wrong category...

 

[lovecraft68]

By rights in the real world it should go in bdsm.

Here on lit which is home of misogyny and "real men" spewing their hatred of any story where a woman isn't a rape victim or simpering submissive you put it in fetish.

Fetish is,where the actual real men are. The ones not scared shitless of a strong woman

 

[RejectReality]

To me, the domination elements overshadow the crossdressing elements. The crossdressing is a means of domination. It could just as easily be a cock-cage, binding, watersports, or anything else.

It should probably be BDSM ( assuming everything is 100% consensual ) but I think the crossdressing elements are a bit outside the norm for the category.

Fetish is probably your best option. It's not a popular kink, so no matter where you put it, it's not likely to be a blockbuster, and you're probably going to get some hate.

You mentioned Sci-Fi&Fantasy in passing. If the story is set in an alternate world, that may very well be the best place for it. Putting spaceships or wizards into one of the mainstream categories doesn't typically go over very well.

The readership in Sci-Fi&Fantasy is quite varied in their kinks, and they do pay attention to warnings in author's notes, rather than using them as signposts of what to hate on. The story does need to truly have elements that aren't real world, though. It doesn't have to be overbearing, but the future tech or magical element needs to be there. If it isn't, it's not the right category.

 

[LeandraNyx]

Yeah, I have a few femdom ideas in the backlog that would probably fit best in Sci-Fi/Fantasy (i.e. lots of goddesses fighting and shit).

But what I am working on now is a semi-romantic "Let's explore this crazy, exciting new thing together!" femdom story with cross-dressing and "forced" (everything is consensual) feminization as the main focus. I think I'll end up putting it in "Transsexuals and Crossdressing."

Anything else I'll probably put in fetish. BDSM & Non-con don't seem very big on female domination, so I think I'll just stay away from those unless my target audience for a particular story is men with dominant fantasies and/or women with submissive fantasies.

Thanks, folks!

LKN

 

[jomar]

Depends on how strong the crossdressing/feminization element is. If it's fairly strong you can go with Transsexuals & Crossdressers or Fetish and it will be accepted.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

I'm a little surprised that femdom doesn't have its own category. People who like it don't seem to like much else. Other people don't seem to like it much. I know that if you start fragmenting Fetish into all the kinks that are like that, you'll have a few hundred categories, but femdom is one I'd have been inclined to make an exception for if I ran the zoo.

It's domination so I'd probably aim for BDSM, unless as noted it has fantastic elements and then it's Sci-Fi.

It would be interesting to have a sticky with a flowchart for choosing a category. I don't know exactly what it would look like, but an early fork would be "real world vs non-real world" with the latter pointing to SciFi and ending there. NonCon would be an early branch, and noncon and reluctance would be separate things... Gay is an early branch... Incest is an early branch...

Yeah. Don't write gay incest with rape on spaceships.

 

[yukonnights]

I'm just now posting a 7 part series with some elements of 'gentle fem-dom' in the Trans/Cross-dressing category. There are elements of both female domination and cross-dressing in the story, as well as gay m/m. It's getting good reviews there. I think you will find a very receptive audience.

 

[LeandraNyx]

Yeah. Don't write gay incest with rape on spaceships.

Uh oh. O_O

 

[yukonnights]

> Yeah. Don't write gay incest with rape on spaceships.

Uh oh. O_O

Day-um! Now you tell me...and the story is 90% finished

 

[oggbashan]

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It's domination so I'd probably aim for BDSM, unless as noted it has fantastic elements and then it's Sci-Fi.

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I've found that if I put Femdom into BDSM I get more abusive feedback. There is a significant faction that see BDSM as only male dominating female.

But wherever I put Femdom some anon will object, apparently threatened by any suggestion of a dominant female, even if the story is obviously just sexual playacting.

 

[hylas_]

I had a pretty good reception of a femdom story in non-con recently. I put a disclaimer in front, so that probably helped.

As for the OPs story, I'd probably put it in cross-dressing, but it can also go in fetish, BDSM (if consensual), non-con (if not), or sci-fi/fantasy (if spaceship).

Yeah, I wish femdom had its own cathegory, actually.

 

[yukonnights]

I had a pretty good reception of a femdom story in non-con recently. I put a disclaimer in front, so that probably helped.

As for the OPs story, I'd probably put it in cross-dressing, but it can also go in fetish, BDSM (if consensual), non-con (if not), or sci-fi/fantasy (if spaceship).

Yeah, I wish femdom had its own cathegory, actually.

Good point about the disclaimer...I did the same thing on this last series, I listed everything that might offend a sensitive male ego

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I have had success with femdom in fetish. Less so in non con. I plan to challenge that orthodoxy if I ever return to my oft- delayed 10 part story that is still stalled at chapter three.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

There is a significant faction that see BDSM as only male dominating female.

There's a significant faction that's wrong. But this is Literotica, a wholly owned subsidiary of the internet, and people being wrong is what you get.

Yay disclaimers. I hate using them myself, but if I wrote less mainstream fetish I'd use them.

 

[lovecraft68]

I've found that if I put Femdom into BDSM I get more abusive feedback. There is a significant faction that see BDSM as only male dominating female.

But wherever I put Femdom some anon will object, apparently threatened by any suggestion of a dominant female, even if the story is obviously just sexual playacting.

Weak men fear strong women. There's a lot of weak men on porn sites. They're usually named anonymous.

In that 'revisit your first story thread' I started one of the things I mentioned about mine was that it was femdom and placed in BDSM where it technically belongs, but back in 2010 there was less LW snakes slinking around the site spewing woman hating BS. That story would get torched today.

Makes me want to write one just like it and stick it there.

 

[lovecraft68]

The stuff of nightmares for the 'men' who read in the BDSM section

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=851090

 

[LeandraNyx]

Whoa, that thread is an inspirational goldmine; thanks LoveCraft!

 

[yukonnights]

The stuff of nightmares for the 'men' who read in the BDSM section

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=851090

Oh Goody, a new thread to subscribe to....thanks

 

[yukonnights]

Since we're sharing, here's another Femdom image thread;

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1404085 Let's hear it for the boys - Gentle FemDom in pics

 

[Handley_Page]

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. . Gay is an early branch... Incest is an early branch...

Yeah. Don't write gay incest with rape on spaceships.

Oh come on,
Brothers have to do something on an inter-galactic space trip.

 

[hylas_]

Gay incest with rape on spaceships should always be posted in LW.

("LW" stands for "Love Watersports", right?)

 

[ishtat]

I have one son, one wife, and five daughters. My son says - quietly, that he and I live in a Femdom world . The rest of the family agrees.

 

[lovecraft68]

I have one son, one wife, and five daughters. My son says - quietly, that he and I live in a Femdom world . The rest of the family agrees.

Nah, you're just simply outnumbered and badly