How do you like your women innocent or lecherous?

[The_Fool]

The leading lady that I most adore when reading is the one that surprises me when she acts in such a way as to not quite fit the mold in which I felt she was introduced to me.

 

[NoJo]

I like them insane

 

[xssve]

Innocently lecherous.

Insane is good too.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

I like them insane

*bats eyelashes*

Do they need to be certifiably insane? Or just run-of-the-mill insane?

 

[xssve]

More like crazy, it can get... complicated if they're off meds or something.

 

[NoJo]

*bats eyelashes*

Do they need to be certifiably insane? Or just run-of-the-mill insane?

It helps if they have a psychiatrist's certificate, to be honest. Not that I'm untrusting, it's just that I've been horribly disappointed in the past, by women who claim to be raving mad who turn out just to be merely a little dotty.

 

[Soiled_Raven]

Realistic.

I am neither sweet and virginal nor lecherous although I am both at times (virginal is hard to pull off but men are stupid or desperate enough to buy it) according to mood and I think I fit into the 'normal' category of human beings.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

... I've been horribly disappointed in the past, by women who claim to be raving mad ...

This consideration may never arise for you, NoJo, but with some fellows it may be a good idea to consider whether the woman in question is misusing her terms.

When the woman says she is mad, she may not be indicating great mental tribulation, she may simply mean to indicate that she is excessively pissed off.

But then, possibly, your method of handling both is the same?

 

[MrDeep]

Which woman?

I believe there is a little bit of whore and a little bit of angel in every woman. Her personality can evolve either way.

I like to see "her" start somewhere in between but more like an angel with some doubts. Then slowly evolve into a whore or at least moves into that direction. How far or how fast our heroine develops is up to the story teller.

 

[mynameisben]

It helps if they have a psychiatrist's certificate, to be honest. Not that I'm untrusting, it's just that I've been horribly disappointed in the past, by women who claim to be raving mad who turn out just to be merely a little dotty.

I remember almost going to bed with a woman who had a psychiatrist's certificate. I examined it very carefully as she lay spread and naked on the bed. When I was satisfied everything was in order, I stripped off my clothes and dived on top of her. Then, at the very last second, she rolled off the bed. I banged my head against the headboard, thinking she'd be there to slow my diving motion. I nearly lost consciousness, but I had enough wherewithal to hear her say, "Peculiar thing about this certificate. It was never notarized."

Lucy was her name. And now that I think about it, she truly was insane.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm with Ogg and Stella, though I have to admit I tend to write about characters that are rather more self-aware than I find the RL norm to be. Anyway, I've got lumber to cut. Later.

 

[LucyH]

I remember almost going to bed with a woman who had a psychiatrist's certificate. I examined it very carefully as she lay spread and naked on the bed. When I was satisfied everything was in order, I stripped off my clothes and dived on top of her. Then, at the very last second, she rolled off the bed. I banged my head against the headboard, thinking she'd be there to slow my diving motion. I nearly lost consciousness, but I had enough wherewithal to hear her say, "Peculiar thing about this certificate. It was never notarized."
Lucy was her name. And now that I think about it, she truly was insane.

I thought the fact that I drew the certificate with crayons and blood would have clued you in sooner. Oh well. Has the swelling gone down?

 

[CWatson]

I like my female characters to be people.

Word j0.

I think the idea that a woman can only be a virgin or a slut is limiting in the extreme, not just as a social concept but as a writing guideline. Nobody (unless they are extremely boring) is mode-locked into a single personality trait at all times. A woman who is aggressive about sex might still have things she refuses to do; a woman who is shy and cautious might still have very particular kinks. Or maybe it can just be a journey of discovery. I always thought I'd like anal play, but I never got a chance to find out, because my one lover who was into it was also into very forceful and rough anal play. She would tell me to just jam my cock into her ass, which I didn't find sexy (or, for that matter, possible); and when she got at mine, she would do the same with her fingers, which I didn't find sexy either. Can I rule out all anal from that experience? Not necessarily. But I certainly know now what kind of mood turns me off.

Long story short: I like a woman to have nuance. There are probably things about sex she likes, and things about sex she doesn't like. What's her attitude towards facials? Towards having a man cum inside her? Towards having cum inside her? Towards kissing after she's just sucked a man off? This is only one family of questions (semen) and yet every woman who's posted here will probably have a different set of answers. It's rarely an all-or-nothing proposition of, "Oh, I like sex, period"--or the opposite either, for that matter.

(And if you're gonna say, "But CWatson, that's more character development than I want to spend on my sex story," my answer is, "Sucks to be you then." =P)

 

[sunandshadow]

Well, I'm a straight woman, so my taste in female characters is not about whether they're sexy, it's about whether they are interesting and get my approval as a good person who happens to be female. So in that context I like to see a woman who has a plan, a sense of humor, a sense of ethics, and an urge to take care of/help/heal others. Not virginal, but not jaded or deep into bdsm; a healthy balance of romantic and turned on by the exotic and unusual.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Well, I'm a straight woman, so my taste in female characters is not about whether they're sexy, it's about whether they are interesting and get my approval as a good person who happens to be female. So in that context I like to see a woman who has a plan, a sense of humor, a sense of ethics, and an urge to take care of/help/heal others. Not virginal, but not jaded or deep into bdsm; a healthy balance of romantic and turned on by the exotic and unusual.

How funny because I wrote out a character plan for a woman who is, almost word for word, exactly the opposite of everything you've said here: she has no desire to help or heal other people, has a hard time following any plan, is fairly jaded. She does have a sense of humor, and isn't into BDSM, at least.

But it's been very slow going.

It's extremely difficult to transpose the things that make a man into a "likeable rogue" into a "likable rogue" of a woman, and make her believable to the readers. Amazing, how high the standards are for female behavior. We love "bad boys" but condemn bad girls of the same stripe.

 

[squarejohn]

The flippant answer to that is, " A nymphomaniac who owns a liquor store."

Realistically, the most desirable women are those with a sound mind in a sound body. A woman like that would provide all the imaginative sex that her mate could ask for, and if she is providing more than he wants, she'll look elsewhere, and be absolutely ruthless in finding another man to supplement her sex life.

Women are too complex to peg them simply as slutty or innocent. They are both; that's why men say they can't live with them and can't live without them.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

How funny because I wrote out a character plan for a woman who is, almost word for word, exactly the opposite of everything you've said here: she has no desire to help or heal other people, has a hard time following any plan, is fairly jaded. She does have a sense of humor, and isn't into BDSM, at least.

But it's been very slow going.

It's extremely difficult to transpose the things that make a man into a "likeable rogue" into a "likable rogue" of a woman, and make her believable to the readers. Amazing, how high the standards are for female behavior. We love "bad boys" but condemn bad girls of the same stripe.

Personally, I never understood the fascination for 'bad boys'. I guess that comes from having spent my life doggedly trying to be a 'good man' so it's probably resentment because the 'bad boys' seem to get the girls so often. And I'm not sure I'd want to have much to do with a 'bad girl' of the 'bad boy' sort, either. Sigh! Just too vanilla, I guess.

 

[TE999]

I write stories with sex in them; it's not the focus of the plot, it's part of it. My female characters, many of which are stars of series, are confident, self assured, enjoy sex, tread on an equal footing with men and generally are the captain's of their own ship of life. I have been chided for not emphasizing my female characters 'femininity' (whatever that is), but I portray them in realistic situations as people who just happen to be female.