Call me Sexist

[sincerely_helene]

... but I have recently noticed that when I peruse the submission section, I have a strong tendency to steer away from stories written by females.

It's not that I'm unaware that there are some very talented women authors out there, nor is it that I feel men are able to compose a better erotic scenario. The only thing I can reason is that I must subconsciously develop a realtionship with the author which plays a big role in my arousal level. I confess that when I come across a particularly well written piece, I tend to crush on the creator for a while afterwards. Maybe I have some sort of weird fetish.

Is this why so many of you have non-genderspecific sceen names?

 

[Xelebes]

Non-genderspecific names? Like mine?

 

[Liar]

Note to self: Write more stories.

 

[lil_elvis]

Uh-huh.

 

[Pure]

On most topics I'd steer *toward female authors. Not everyone is good, but when one is, when one has an 'erotic voice' it's quite a find.

Further I think a greater proportion of males write erotica to a formula.

OTOH, for some fetishes, forget it. It's a rare female writer who can pull it off.

 

[Guest]

... but I have recently noticed that when I peruse the submission section, I have a strong tendency to steer away from stories written by females.

It's not that I'm unaware that there are some very talented women authors out there, nor is it that I feel men are able to compose a better erotic scenario. The only thing I can reason is that I must subconsciously develop a realtionship with the author which plays a big role in my arousal level. I confess that when I come across a particularly well written piece, I tend to crush on the creator for a while afterwards. Maybe I have some sort of weird fetish.

Is this why so many of you have non-genderspecific sceen names?

I have found myself more interested in reading female authors than male. Is it a possibility that reading a story from someone of the same sex evokes a twinge of jealousy in us? Not towards the author themselves, but towards the characters.

I have thought that perhaps that reading from another mans view is less enjoyable for me in an erotic story because a part of me envies the man in the story. Whereas a story by a woman tends to turn me on because I can associate myself with the male character easier.

Just a thought.

 

[rgraham666]

I'm partial to female authours myself.

I think it's because I find women are better at an overall sense of sensuality than men. Usually. Sometimes.

Plus, like helen, I often end up crushing on the authour.

What can I say? I'm deprived. Strange things happen to your mind when you're not getting any.

 

[Dar~]

Sexist.









had to, sorry.
As to the question, I tend to read everything, b/c I can easily put myself in any characters place. I don't however, crush on any authors. If I find I enjoy someone's writing I add them to my Favorites. (in my mind, not on here) Lately I have noticed that even though I am reading all the authors, my favorites have tended more towards males. This is recent however.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I tend to read without reference to the author's gender. The ability to tell a good tale isn't gender specific and some guys write so well I can enjoy the story even if the erotic component is a little lost on me (Carson's M/M stories or some of Ogg's fetishistic stuff, for example) they are just very good writers.

I don't often think about the author of a piece, unless I am reading someone's work to give them an opinion.

 

[sophia jane]

I don't have any preference for men v women when I'm reading. But I have noticed that most of my pc's and email feedback come from men.

SJ

 

[Liar]

Must say that I rarely notice any difference between male and female writers, and I tend to read both equally. But then again I tend to crush on good characters and not good authors.

By the way, that thread title needs a comma: "Call me, sexist."

 

[BlackShanglan]

I think Helene poses an very interesting question. I hate to confess it, but I think I do lean more toward works written by authors of my somewhat more preferred gender. I think she's on to something with the imagined relationship between author and reader.

And that is one of the reasons why I have no gender. I prefer to avoid the baggage that comes with it.

Shanglan

 

[LadyJeanne]

I like to read well-written stories by male authors because I'm forever trying to understand what goes on in a man's mind. Reading the male perspective gives me a little more insight than I get from female authors.

I've never considered whether I have a preference when selecting what to read, though. I'll need to start paying more attention. Interesting question.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Non-genderspecific names? Like mine?

Yes.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Further I think a greater proportion of males write erotica to a formula.

Not sure I follow. Are you speaking of redundancy?

 

[sincerely_helene]

I have found myself more interested in reading female authors than male. Is it a possibility that reading a story from someone of the same sex evokes a twinge of jealousy in us? Not towards the author themselves, but towards the characters.

I have thought that perhaps that reading from another mans view is less enjoyable for me in an erotic story because a part of me envies the man in the story. Whereas a story by a woman tends to turn me on because I can associate myself with the male character easier.

Just a thought.

I don't think I can relate to the jealousy aspect.

Maybe my inner slut just feels like female's writing is too emotionally attached a lot of the time. It's like there is a fine line, and when you make the characters too famlilar and comfortable with one another, it goes from lust to love... and then it seems to lose its appeal. For me, that is.

I have a hard time ending my stories because I don't want them to fall in love and live happily ever after.

On the other hand, I can't say I'm a big fan of the "suck my big, hard cock, bitch" writing style either.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Must say that I rarely notice any difference between male and female writers, and I tend to read both equally. But then again I tend to crush on good characters and not good authors.

By the way, that thread title needs a comma: "Call me, sexist."

Call me, sexy.

 

[minsue]

But then again I tend to crush on good characters and not good authors.

I tend to do both. It's brutal when good authors & good characters collide.

 

[elsol]

I can't read female authors; there's either something missing or something added. In certain genres, I ONLY read female authors though.

I've had discussions about it with readers and other writers, and it's pushed me in specific directions.

I won't write first-person female narrator stories, because to some male readers (a lot of them from what I gather); there's a certain added buzz when they KNOW it's a female author. They can 'fantasize' that the words on the page are what the woman feels/wants/thinks.

My sex in that situation is held against me because same exact story word for word, but the idea that a female wrote it makes it hotter.

But it also works for me, since I write a lot of Mdom stuff. A female with a submissive streak gets off even MORE because I'm a guy. The interesting thing is I don't think it's the same thing as with a male getting off on it being a female reader. It's like me being a male author gives the 'fantasy' a more solid shape.

*shrug*

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[JamesSD]

Interesting

Personally I tend to ignore the author's screenname when I'm browsing, looking more at titles and genres.
Still I can understand having a preference.

 

[Pure]

Hi Helene


Pure: Further I think a greater proportion of males write erotica to a formula.


Sincerely: Not sure I follow. Are you speaking of redundancy?

No, i mean something like plot formulas. Since most porn has hitherto been written by men, they bear the responsibility for the utter predictability and boringness-on-re-read of much of porn/erotica.

To me it's exciting to see some of the best erotic writing anthologies are of women authors.
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That said, some of the labyrinthine ways of the male mind are quite opaque to many women, e.g., in the fetish area I mentioned. Let just say a woman needs to make a conscious, planned effort to carry certain things off. An example is the author of the Story of O. Aury quite clearly states she kept clearly in mind the excitement of her intended male reader. Being a skilled author, she could bring it off.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I tend to do both. It's brutal when good authors & good characters collide.

Oh God yes. I get the added agony of the fact that both have inevitably been dead for a century or more. I'm still trying to get over Will Scarlett, and I think most of my friends know that my admiration for both Swift and Pope considerably exceeds "scholarly enthusiasm."

*sigh*

 

[minsue]

Being a skilled author, she could bring it off.

Pun intended?

 

[minsue]

Oh God yes. I get the added agony of the fact that both have inevitably been dead for a century or more. I'm still trying to get over Will Scarlett, and I think most of my friends know that my admiration for both Swift and Pope considerably exceeds "scholarly enthusiasm."

*sigh*

Funny. I would've guessed under rather than over.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Funny. I would've guessed under rather than over.

I love you, gosling. Ever the practical one.