destinie21
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Pure said:Hi Destinie,
Thanks for your thoughts. There are quite a number of them, and some of the issues have been talked about a fair bit, since you're quoting from a couple days ago at least.
I'll pick a couple, however,
As far as the AD story no I didn't like it and I can't really explain anymore than I already have that the "feeling" behind the story or more accurately the "feeling" that I got from the story was bad. It seemed to close to reality for comfort.
A number of us got bad feelings from reading of the events in the story. I'm not sure if it was 'close to reality' since the author was probably not seeking to convey 'reality' and his tools were limited.
Certainly, of course, there have been brutal rapes; that's not in question.
Also I have to say that you're mistaken if you think that "taking a 'positive stand' against violence to women is equated to denouncing a *story* about violence to a woman, and labelling the author of the story of a sociopath as himslef". Fiirst off I had alot to say on those thread(S), and I never once labeled AD.
The remarks about 'positive stand' were not made with you, esp. in mind. More perdita; but the phrasing was rather inflammatory. I should have focussed narrowly on the statements of persons in this forum.
It was, of course, Mlledelaplume who labelled american demon a sociopath and incipient rapist; a couple folks seemed to agree, and no one but me has objected to the lack of evidence. I don't recall what you said on this issue.
The positive stand would have been denouncing the brutality in the story which I did. Had the story had anything aside from the brutality it should have been able to stand on it's own w/o the presence of violence. But alas the core of the story was the Brutal beating and defiling of this woman.
The story did contain mostly sadism and brutality, though as was pointed out by KillerM, the woman was represented as 'coming.'
Apparently in Laurel's book, that is/was enough to technically qualify as a 'nonconsent' story.**
Mlle and some other have said it belongs in 'extreme' and ultimately I don't have an objection to that; there can be 'gray' cases--esp. re bdsm--and their category doesn't ultimately interest me.
My only quarrel or puzzlement is when those same people--Mlle being one-- go on about the story causing men to become rapists: since, if that's true, why does putting in in 'extreme' prevent this evil (assuming the story has that effect, ftsoa)? Indeed a ten year old can access 'extreme.'
I'd ask you the same question: if it's agreed that certain depictions make guys--say one in a hundred-- do violent things, why is 'segregation' and 'categorization' the answer?
Further, the problem exists in other categories than non-consent; there are a number of stories at literotica main area that have brutality and 'sadism'; some of those in 'bdsm' for instance.
So here's the problem; I won't give an exact citation now, but in several stories the woman is flogged (sometimes the man). almost to the point of bleeding. she's turned on. then maybe her flogger fucks her and it's a great fuck for both.
Now for many people that's just not going to do it for them, either in reality or ijust in reading about it. Some may even say they feel nauseated at such a story.
So, do any seriously violent stories belong at literotica? This is not an idle question as several literary 'erotic' sites and magazines (e.g. Yellow Silk) simply say 'no violence.' IF you open the door, where do you draw the line?
Overall I'm not sure we disagree a great deal, but your large single para makes it hard to see. Maybe you can clarify, should you respond.
Best,
J.
**To the argument that her coming was not plausible: Well, I'd say in 2/3 of literotica stories--like porn stories and movies in general--, esp. those by men, the coming is rather too easy; too readily accomplished by strangers, and too earthquake-like. Hence one can see a reason Laurel may not want to get into the secondary question, 'was the coming plausible?'
I guess when you ask where you draw the line I would have to say at non consent. I enjoy some non-consent stories but those are the ones that at least have the illusion of role play and enjoyment.
While many of the orgasms might not be belivable they still go with the storyline. You cant mix piss and vinegar and tell me it's salad dressing. In AD story the enjoyment (even on the most masochistic levels) seems to be a leap. The only logical conclusion would then be that the character AD created is purely sadistic.
Which is to say that it seems like the female orgasm was thrown in just to get it into non consent. It would be like having an erotic couplings story then at the end saying oh yeah the girl was Asian and the guy was Black so put it in interracial.
In regards to do any violent stories belong on the lit
I'd have to say it's not that simple.
Any violence that is glorified and abusive I'd have to say no.
By saying that I mean. violence doesn't really belong in non consent because then it becomes brutality. I do like some of the stories that are catergorized under Nc by the way. But it's the ones that involve more reluctance and coersion rather than true non consent. No matter how you word it NC is rape while reluctance and Coersion leans more to the role play AD commented on.
I don't remeber mlle saying that the story would breed rapists but, I do agree that stories like that can act as warning signs in some cases. I already explained the "feeling" I got from the story. Of course every horror, murder, rape ect.. author isn't some physco out to kill. But to find such brutality in a story that was meant for expressly for pleasure is dismaying. I think that's the part that made me nauseous. This wasn't submitted as part of some larger story ie a murder mystery or as some developmental glimpse into the physce of a character in order for the reader to understand what made the character tick. It was written as erotica, that's the upsetting thing.