Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Tickling your fancy

I found myself writing a piece of erotica the other day that included a scene of female masturbation. Now, I don't post much of my actual erotica here cause it's either not all that good, quite long, too personalized, or possibly something the good folks at blogspot would prefer I keep to myself. But I'm going to forego those objections and present you with a small excerpt, out of context, that I wrote for Michelle. Enjoy.

...Molly hurriedly unzipped her fly, yanked down slacks and panties a single handful, and stepped naked onto the tile. In her mind she was again alone, now with a sole priority. A hand found its way between her thighs and slid inside her wet sex. She began to draw herself a bath, never pausing from hammering out a fierce rhythm against her clit.

By the time she slid into the hot water her climax was imminent. She sank her fingers deep inside herself and started rubbing her G-spot. That did the trick. From her head to hips to her toes her body contracted, splashing water onto the tile floor. The warmth of the tub radiated through her and to all parts of her body in tiny waves. An arm draped outside the side of the tub kept her from drowning while her right hand continued to pump out more pleasure than she remembered her body capable. Her string of orgasms culminated in a final violent spasm. Her legs clamped shut on her hand, she let out a deep moan, and slid down the tub, letting her whole body submerge...


Watching or, better yet, commanding a woman get herself off is a personal kink of mine. Ergo, it tends to work itself into a good deal of my fiction. But in working on the passage I found it not a very easy subject to write. There's a number of potential pitfalls in writing sounds too medical, too euphemistically colloquial, too abbreviated, or too much like Twister. ("Right hand index finger - left side inner labia.") Maybe the same pitfalls exist in all types of sex writing, but this seemed particularly laborious. The writing ended up okay, although I'd appreciate any thoughts to the contrary. More importantly it did prompt a fun google search and subsequent browsing that yielded such internet gems as:

This Wikipedia debate on the topic of masturbation. Wikipedia is cool, but the self-proclaimed expert volunteer writers are creepy. This guy sounds like some blowhard on the Senate floor--only this Wiki-article is far less serious an issue:

Your backwards logic reeks of ignorance. I never asserted that the image was not bizarre, only that it was appropriate for the article. The first amendment of thc constitution of the United States of America was created SPECIFICALLY to protect unpopular opinions, including the most tasteless ones. There is nothing "peripubescent" about a photograph of an erect male penis (in fact it may very well be stipulated that such an image is quite the opposite.) THERE IS NO ROOM FOR MORALITY IN A FACTUAL TEXT. Your opinion on the matter, and in fact any opinion on the matter (be it 99.999% of the contributors) is completely irrelevant. Where does it end? Should we take all of the textbooks of human biology and remove any reference to genitals? Should we go and get a copy of the esteemed classic novel "Ragtime" and remove the reference to one character's "great filamented spurts of jism that traced the air like bullets and then settled slowly over Evelyn in her bed like falling ticker tape"? And so on, and so on... I cannot continue restating the same thing over and over again because you are going to continue to disagree and have a complete lack of understanding on the issue at hand, which is that the *ONLY* criteria for inclusion of material in a factual text are thus: A.Is it relevant? B: is it factual? C: is it's inclusion beneficial? - any other considerations are irrelevant. The fact that you don't understand this makes you the one who does not belong here, my friend, and lest you think otherwise, I have been a steady contributor for well over a year now and I am not exiting any time soon. And now, in all seriousness, I am done with the conversation.

God, that sure took the fun out of masturbation, didn't it? Luckily I found Pinky's World of Female Masturbation Euphemisms. The dork in me is still snickering at "Bisecting the Triangle" and "Double-Clicking the Mouse."

And of course there's Chris Bridge's page from HootIsland--my favorite place for funny sex. His list of euphemisms is much funnier and includes such gems as, "having a sushi party," "enjoying a little southern comfort," "pitching in the bush league," and of course "'just reading, Mom!'"

That's it from me kids. Enjoy yourselves!

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