Category, lesbian or erotic encounters

[Imstillfun]

Looking for women's opinions mostly.

Writing a story. One of the characters is straight, never been with a woman. The other is a more experienced woman sexuality more ambiguous. The story is about the build up to and their first (possibly only) sexual liaison.

Category: Lesbian or Erotic encounters.

 

[lovecraft68]

Not a woman, but I've done a story where a woman is straight , but curious and the other woman satisfies that curiosity. It will get more votes and views and better score in Lesbian.

 

[sr71plt]

Freddie will likely be along in a moment to respond to this in his "pretending to be a woman" mode, but I say if it is driving to an FF sexual tease, act, or relationship, it should go in Lesbian.

 

[Hypoxia]

How many eyeballs do you want to grab? Post in EC if you want the story read. Laurel may disagree; she'll post it where she wants. So be it.

 

[lovecraft68]

Its not just about eyeballs, its about the right eyeballs, anything lesbian related, unless you are mixing in non con, bdsm or incest, should go in lesbian you'll get the audience you are aiming for.

EC is a catch all meaning not everyone there is looking for specific things.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

If I had to bet my farm I'd bet most women are bisexual, and the research reports they get more bisexual as they age. Get them drunk and massaged, and anythings possible. But lesbians will fuck guys to have babies, and its not unknown for lesbians to suddenly switch teams.

Any route you take is prolly plausible, even if uncommon.

 

[IvyMarquis]

Laurel will put it where she wants but if it's about two ladies doing the do, regardless of orientation, then I'd say lesbian myself.

 

[NotWise]

There was a recent thread (on the feedback forum, I think) started by a woman reading the lesbian category who was offended by having non-lesbian relations categorized as lesbian. I sympathized. If your characters aren't actually lesbian then maybe it should go to EC.

I think that in EC they believe F/F stories are hot. At least I hope so. I just submitted a story to EC where more than half of the writing leads to a F/F tryst.

 

[TxRad]

There was a recent thread (on the feedback forum, I think) started by a woman reading the lesbian category who was offended by having non-lesbian relations categorized as lesbian. I sympathized. If your characters aren't actually lesbian then maybe it should go to EC.

I think that in EC they believe F/F stories are hot. At least I hope so. I just submitted a story to EC where more than half of the writing leads to a F/F tryst.

I think she was more upset by the idea that they didn't end up joining the team, so to speak. Bi was something different that Lesbian to her but then again, there is no Bi category.

 

[NotWise]

I think she was more upset by the idea that they didn't end up joining the team.

Maybe. The OP doesn't say which way the story goes. If his previously straight character joined the Santa Cruz Rug Munchers at the end then maybe she would accept it.

 

[Imstillfun]

Not sure what you mean. I said one was straight the others sexuality is ambiguous and that they have a sexual liaison.

 

[NotWise]

Not sure what you mean. I said one was straight the others sexuality is ambiguous and that they have a sexual liaison.

So neither of your characters is a lesbian? So why would you post the story to the lesbian category? I thought it reasonable when the reader asked that the characters in stories posted under the lesbian category were actually lesbian.

I think that the term "lesbian" refers to women who are not sexually attracted to men.

 

[sr71plt]

So neither of your characters is a lesbian? So why would you post the story to the lesbian category? I thought it reasonable when the reader asked that the characters in stories posted under the lesbian category were actually lesbian.

I think that the term "lesbian" refers to women who are not sexually attracted to men.

And two women having a "sexual liaison" wouldn't be considered to be sexually attracted to women?

There's a possibility there, but, as has been pointed out, there is no bi category at Literotica.

 

[sr71plt]

Not sure what you mean. I said one was straight the others sexuality is ambiguous and that they have a sexual liaison.

And don't think you've revealed enough about your story, then. What are the circumstance in which a woman can have a "sexual liaison" with another woman and still be straight--not at least bi? Is this like being sort of pregnant?

 

[Bramblethorn]

So neither of your characters is a lesbian? So why would you post the story to the lesbian category? I thought it reasonable when the reader asked that the characters in stories posted under the lesbian category were actually lesbian.

I think that the term "lesbian" refers to women who are not sexually attracted to men.

If you're referring to this thread, the OP wasn't objecting to stories with non-lesbian characters. Her complaint was about stories with male-female sex in the Lesbian category.

"Lesbian sex" is ambiguous; it can mean either "sex between lesbians" or just "sex between women" and Lit tends to take the latter interpretation. There are plenty of stories in that category where one of the women involved is bi/pansexual/heteroflexible/supposedly-straight and they're generally pretty well received. Last time I browsed through the toplist, a lot of the highest-rated stories fell under this category.

I do know at least one poster prefers not to read stories with characters who may also be attracted to men, but I haven't seen anybody request that people not post them in the category.

 

[TxRad]

If you're referring to this thread, the OP wasn't objecting to stories with non-lesbian characters. Her complaint was about stories with male-female sex in the Lesbian category.

"Lesbian sex" is ambiguous; it can mean either "sex between lesbians" or just "sex between women" and Lit tends to take the latter interpretation. There are plenty of stories in that category where one of the women involved is bi/pansexual/heteroflexible/supposedly-straight and they're generally pretty well received. Last time I browsed through the toplist, a lot of the highest-rated stories fell under this category.

I do know at least one poster prefers not to read stories with characters who may also be attracted to men, but I haven't seen anybody request that people not post them in the category.

I stand corrected. It was the male/female sex thing.

 

[Bramblethorn]

And don't think you've revealed enough about your story, then. What are the circumstance in which a woman can have a "sexual liaison" with another woman and still be straight--not at least bi? Is this like being sort of pregnant?

People are complicated. A lot of folk have sex that's not consistent with how they identify orientation-wise; the medical community talks about "men who have sex with men" because there are a whole heap of guys who do that while IDing as straight.

Defining orientation purely by sexual history is complicated and unsatisfactory (people sometimes have sex for reasons other than attraction; people sometimes don't act on the attractions they do feel; plenty of people have orientations even without ever having had sex; orientations also become social identities).

 

[NOIRTRASH]

People are complicated. A lot of folk have sex that's not consistent with how they identify orientation-wise; the medical community talks about "men who have sex with men" because there are a whole heap of guys who do that while IDing as straight.

Defining orientation purely by sexual history is complicated and unsatisfactory (people sometimes have sex for reasons other than attraction; people sometimes don't act on the attractions they do feel; plenty of people have orientations even without ever having had sex; orientations also become social identities).

I always wondered about that then I considered drunk vs alcoholic. I've been drunk once or twice in my life but I'm no alcoholic, and I don't encourage anyone to get drunk. I imagine sex can work the same way. This is what I'd say to a patient if they came in all traumatized about an infrequent incident. I, of course, hold murder and some other crimes to a double standard.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

People are complicated. A lot of folk have sex that's not consistent with how they identify orientation-wise; the medical community talks about "men who have sex with men" because there are a whole heap of guys who do that while IDing as straight.

Defining orientation purely by sexual history is complicated and unsatisfactory (people sometimes have sex for reasons other than attraction; people sometimes don't act on the attractions they do feel; plenty of people have orientations even without ever having had sex; orientations also become social identities).

I always wondered about that then I considered drunk vs alcoholic. I've been drunk once or twice in my life but I'm no alcoholic, and I don't encourage anyone to get drunk. I imagine sex can work the same way. This is what I'd say to a patient if they came in all traumatized about an infrequent incident. I, of course, hold murder and some other crimes to a double standard.