Something I noticed while reading stories.
I noticed that many stories appearing in the library seem geared more toward wanton violence, mostly toward women, and non-consensual sex. I was wondering a little about this and some of the ramifications of this.
Are some of these stories being written by people that are genuinely angry with women? Or perhaps with a specific woman? Are the stories written by people that have lived these fantasies out and look to do so again? Perhaps they are written to satiate the primal sexual desire before they actually act the fantasy out. Perhaps I am reading way too much into things, but I'm tired and it seemed like a good line of thought at the time.
I consider myself to be very tolerant of others. In fact, I am more tolerant of individuals than I am of cultures. Therefore, I understand that these stories are just stories. Fantasies and musings from minds possibly as twisted and corrupt as my own. So, i refuse to pass judgement on what a person writes. It is, after all, the actiions that speak louder than words.
At any rate, it was a passing musing that I had noticed. I thought, perhaps, that there would be more educational articles and stories than the presence of pure violence.
And don't get me wrong, please. Occasionally, I get in just the right mood for some good, old-fashioned violence. Just not all the time. So, I ask the good people here if they could please try to keep the perspective of the website in mind when contributing their material.
Thanks.
re: thoughts of a St. Andrew's Cross
A St. Andrew's Cross has deep significance for Me and My slave. W/we have often played with one, and the very first time kimberly was on one was a turning point in O/our relationship, leading U/us to realize just how much W/we mean to E/each O/other.
I will certainly be happy to read to kimberly while she is on one...but only for a few minutes. I have better ways of making her writhe and twist and squirm on the cross than by reading erotica to her.
*winks*
Sincerely,
Paul{k}
Master and Soulmate of kimberly{P} :D
Women in control of the men, indeed...
... come over here and say that. ;)
My Ooops! Typo changed something important
I wrote:
I think strong women are easily admired in such settings, especially since generally the women are in control of the men anyway. *grin*
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What I meant to say is that in most situations, women don't and can't have the upper hand because the men have them under control or in some situation that the women cannot hope to escape in any event. And perhaps the women in some ways like it that way. :)
Hope that clears things up Marcus! *grin*
Sometimes my wording gets the best of me.
Pooka
Something I noticed while reading stories.
[I noticed that many stories appearing in the library seem geared more toward wanton violence, mostly toward women, and non-consensual sex.]
Maybe they're just mad at Brenda!
A chat room that allows scenes? Where?
I miss that. BDSM_Tourguide and myself met in a chatroom (yes we are an online success story). When we first started going there, there were scenes every night, slaves and submissives served their Masters and Mistresses, and were respectable. Now, if you try to have a scene they have a heart attack. Granted now there are a lot of "newbies" and none of the "old folks" as we called them. We rarely go there anymore because a lot of people there are flakey. We have been hard pressed to find a good chat place. I was given a good one when I first came here, but it won't work from my work computer. It's too old Ah well
As for the submissive being kicked by a dominant while she was down...I would have lost it, being a submissive or not. I don't care who you think you are or what you think you are, you never kick someone when they are down. It's a general humane pricipal. I can't tell you how much that makes me mad.
Re: A chat room that allows scenes? Where?
As for the submissive being kicked by a dominant while she was down...I would have lost it, being a submissive or not. I don't care who you think you are or what you think you are, you never kick someone when they are down. It's a general humane pricipal. I can't tell you how much that makes me mad. [/B][/QUOTE]
I have been following the exchange between you and Veru with some interest. A question -- "I can't tell you how much that makes me mad" -- are you referring to real life, in those words (in which case I would absolutely agree with you, of course) ? Or to stories in which villainous characters demonstrate such brutality as well?
Villains, by definition, are not going to observe conventional codes of conduct or morality.
We each have our own comfort zone, I suspect, beyond which we quickly grow uncomfortable with additional levels of violence. Mine is set fairly high, I think, (in my stories, I mean), but even so, I get about as many requests to ratchet the violence up a notch, as I do to ratchet it down.
No one ever says I got it just right. :-)
Do other authors get similar comments? Does anyone ever heed them? Or do you just continue writing in your own way as best you can?
Thanks in advance,
Boccaccio
Real life is what I meant. :)
I definitely meant in real life terms. I have been in an abusive relationship, though not a BDSM one where my ex kicked me when I was down...after he was the one who put me there. So I guess I kind of thake that sort of stuff personally. I probaboy shouldn't but I do.
As for brutality in writing? Well, it doesn't bother me. If it did, I would be a hypocrite. I have quite a fair amount of violence in the stories that I write. For example, the history of one of my characters was beaten, gang raped, then soaked in kerosene and set on fire. With another, her husband had been poisoning her for years until she "betrayed" him and he snapped her neck
So all in all, I don't have a problem with violence as long as it is fiction, if that makes sense. But real violebce, treating someone like dirt. No thanks.
There is torture and then there is torture
Torture as we definae it today is not what it once was either. Torture in the medieval era was brutality today. For example, if you spoke out against your King or your God you were branded a heretic. If found guilty, you were put into a heretic's fork. It's a particualrly nasty device that was worn by the convicted. It's a collar that locks around you neck. In the front are two prongs, like a bbq fork, that are thrust up into the person's lower jaw. With this in place, the heretic is no longer able to speak...nor eat or anything else and eventually dies of starvation.
It's funny how soft we have become as humans, isn't it? There is so much which we consider as brutal in our civilized age that was considered normal punishment way back when.
Your question concerning hard treatment of women
Hi :)
I have read your thread and I would like to write a comment.
First of all you have to excuse my English as I'm not a native English writer.
You wrote among others
Are some of these stories being written by people that are genuinely angry with women? Or perhaps with a specific woman? Are the stories written by people that have lived these fantasies out and look to do so again? Perhaps they are written to satiate the primal sexual desire before they actually act the fantasy out. Perhaps I am reading way too much into things, but I'm tired and it seemed like a good line of thought at the time.
I write stories myself. One of my stories is quite popular. You can read it using the link http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/...hp?storyid=1785 . It’s named Janet’s Ordeal.
Please read some of the reviews for the story using the link http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/...hp?storyid=1785 . The story is the most voted this site.
Furthermore I have written a thread here concerning co-writers for a new role-play and story. The headline for this thread is "Janet's Ordeal, co-writers for a new story."
The story mentioned is a role-play meaning it is written by a very close female cyber friend and I. It’s an extremely cruel story and you could easily get the thought that I’m angry with women. But this is completely wrong. I love and adore women and I would never do like this unless it is a mutual agreement. Some women actually want the pain to continue until they faint. Being in charge for treatment like this is a great responsibility as I would as the Master be responsible for safety. I actually think I would be the one mostly afraid as I would continuously be afraid that I caused her permanent damage. I would treat her like this because I loved her and because I knew that this was the only way to give her the kick and the total sexual satisfaction. When I had her in public I would treat her like a princess as she would mean a lot to me because she was ready to suffer all that pain for me. She would always be able to feel safe. Her fear would only be the sweet fear of what is coming next? How will he test me next? Not real fear as she always would know that she was able to stop it if she wanted. If I let other Masters or Mistresses use her they would never be allowed to explore limits as this would only be something I did because I know her so well and therefore I would be the one capable to keep her on the limit and still make sure she was safe. If they did exceed her limits they would no longer be a friend of mine unless they were able to explain why they did and both my slave and I accepted this explanation. I have always had the opinion that though a woman wants to be treated like a slave and sometimes like shit or worse it doesn’t mean you don’t have to treat her with respect. She would always remain precious to me and be something special to me because she reflected my ‘dark’ desires. This is in my opinion the perfect Master/slave relation or Mistress/slave relation. Do you agree?
Take care……………..
Mick