Can men write from the woman's perspective?

[filthytrancendence]

Find a better example

Most other writers aren't as memeable as Martin, so I'm afraid we'll be stuck with his pithy one liners for quite some time.

 

[lovecraft68]

Most other writers aren't as memeable as Martin, so I'm afraid we'll be stuck with his pithy one liners for quite some time.

Amazing he gets anything out around the quad burgers.

 

[filthytrancendence]

Amazing he gets anything out around the quad burgers.

One can only eat so many quad burgers in a day.

 

[lovecraft68]

One can only eat so many quad burgers in a day.

I'd love to see a competition between Martin and Andy Reid. In addition to being slobs one is a rape glorifier one is a rape enabler.

 

[TheRedChamber]

This man is obsessed with his female character being raped, abused and demeaned like no other author out there. Sansa was raped by half the cast to the point she could have just been starring in non consent fantasy videos or stories here.

Find a better example. preferably one with a cholesterol count under 500 and an ounce of consideration for his fan base.

While there is undeniably a lot of rape (and death, mutilation and castration) in Asoif, and while Martin had some role in production of the TV show, it's probably worth pointing out that not only isnt Sansa raped in the books, she is, thus far, still a virgin.

 

[Lord_Libido]

I had a beta reader tell me my female sounds like she was 'written by a man' I didn't know exactly what she meant by that but she said it wasn't a problem so I don't care.

 

[CharlotteKurai]

They can do it! But it'll be more difficult if this in the erotica

 

[SmilingLez]

This thread makes me wonder if 'women can write from the man's perspective'. My answer is "no" for both.

 

[OralAllOver]

In an act of monumental hubris, I've done exactly that - tried to write my first very short piece from the woman's perspective. It's 'semi-biographical' in that it's based on a real-life event, but I haven't spoken with our 'third' yet about writing it - I wanted to have a crack first. It's deliberately short, I haven't presumed to delve into the emotions and the finer aspects of our friendship...yet. The key question: is it obvious that a man wrote this?

What a thoughtful writer

Does it seem that the exercise changed you, shifted your (unspoken) assumptions?

 

[tristianc]

I like to think I can do it, my ego says I can do it well. I’ve written a handful of stories here half of them are female POV, and from my feed back on them I think it was obvious a man wrote them. I don’t know if that’s a bad thing, as long as the character seems real enough to the reader that’s all that matters.

 

[Lord_Libido]

I think men should write a woman they would like to have sex with then try to think about where she fits into a story.

 

[AlinaX]

I think men should write a woman they would like to have sex with then try to think about where she fits into a story.

Isn’t that how Kelly Le Brock was invented?

 

[Lord_Libido]

Isn’t that how Kelly Le Brock was invented?

I don't know who that is. Most the female characters I wrote are characters I'd like to have sex with. That's where my interest in my own characters begins.

 

[Omenainen]

Now is the season to write women! Anyone willing to try can come write for my event, Pink Orchid.

 

[LittleGreene]

I find this thread interesting.
As a female I’ve written numerous stories from the male perspective, mainly as originally I wrote stores for my husband and always saw him as the ‘main’ character.
I don’t see why a man couldn’t write a story from a female perspective. We should all try and push our imagination, isn’t that what writing is about?

https://www.literotica.com/authors/LittleGreene

 

[LittleGreene]

Isn’t that how Kelly Le Brock was invented?

Ha ha. Love this reference. Still one of my favourite films from the 80s

 

[jonnoback]

Ha ha. Love this reference. Still one of my favourite films from the 80s

Totally agree. It was on a few months ago and she was so hot in the film. No wonder that missile grew so much!

 

[jonnoback]

I'm giving it a go right now for my next story. It won't be as good as a woman writing it plus it's two girls so doubly challenging. But it's interesting to try and I'm sure I'll get some feedback.

 

[darwin1859]

One thing I haven't read in this thread... I may have missed it or you all may disagree, but the narration start with some casual swearing:

Freud would have an absolute fucking field day...

I think casual swearing is more likely to be a male speech pattern.

(I'm not talking about hitting your thumb with a hammer and screaming "FUCK!" ... I'm talking about just casually inserting an obscenity, like greeting someone with "What's up, fucker?").

I find that almost all men swear casually when they are around other men and most women do not (at least not around men). I think women have been socialized that swearing is unladylike (yet one more tiny way the patriarchy oppresses women).

I'm sure there are women who swear (and, no doubt, a sailor might know some), but it's not (in my experience) characteristic of most women. So, the narration initially seemed inauthentic for that reason.

 

[VerbalAbuse]

I read recently a short interview with Richard Morgan (sci-fi writer), where he briefly (of course) touched this topic. His answer is "no." One gender cannot write the other -- that's what he said. He talked Leguin's works, noting how distinctly female the perspective.

Me... I'd say that anybody can learn anything. Not really anybody, but you get the point. Yes, you can study a certain corpus and train yourself to replicate the style, perspective, etc. Failing that, most men and most women write in an easily recognizable gendered voice.

 

[THBGato]

I read recently a short interview with Richard Morgan (sci-fi writer), where he briefly (of course) touched this topic. His answer is "no." One gender cannot write the other -- that's what he said. He talked Leguin's works, noting how distinctly female the perspective.

Maybe. But I've heard of (and read and enjoyed) Le Guin. Never heard of Richard Morgan. So maybe not.

 

[dct10538]

Thinking of my parents here:

"Is that a good idea?" vs. "What're you, an idiot?"

 

[StrentWriter]

I’ve tried with my recent novel - I’m not entirely confident I did so very well. One of my early chapters is a masturbatory piece where the main female lead is pregnant and just needs relief - I hope I did womankind justice.

If I didn’t, sorry. Like - really sorry.

 

[Britva415]

Isn’t that how Kelly Le Brock was invented?

heh

 

[Britva415]

I read recently a short interview with Richard Morgan (sci-fi writer), where he briefly (of course) touched this topic. His answer is "no." One gender cannot write the other -- that's what he said.

I don’t know this guy either, but, I can’t believe he meant that unless his own work has zero female characters.

Does it?