Does the content of my stories disturb people in the BDSM scene?

[denuseri]

We have an excellent writers block here in the forums. In fact compared to other sites i would have to say the bdsm.library is primaraly a compulation of literary endeavors. After all where elses can one endulge themselves with such a expansive variety of delisiously naughty things to read, in conjunction with excellent philosophical discourse on this way of life or it's many variational themes.


Actually in all seriousness, as a survivor of some of the things written in certian storys by a variety of authors, i have often found the contents to be tramatically disturbing, and yet i read prodigiously and dont hold anomosity towards the writer.

My reasons for putting myself through reading them i can assure you are not what many would think.

I have seen people get slammed for every topic or theme out there in thier reviews. Which i am sorry if your a frindge writter and your chosen content involves topics that are "on the edge" or over it by some individual or societal standards; some people are indeed going to make a fuss or "bitch" or be overly critical. Of course a disclamer warning them what they are about to read involves disturbing and or graphic depictions of rape, snuff, torture,incest, etc is applied to the header in addition to the application of the story codes function; have you not doubely warned any would be viewer?

I certianly don't read a story that has certian headers and or story codes myself.

Self imposed censorship is the only kind that should ever be allowed. Yet when does a story's review approach an attempt to censor the writter or attempt to pull in and sopphistically sway a higher authority to do so?

Look what happened to John Norman when he came out with the Chronicals of Gor series. This reativly "vanilla" series (by todays standards) between the lines was sending a very disturbing message to the feminist movement and a very bueatiful one to those interested in dominantion and submission. He was imediately branded a mysoginist.

For that matter look what they did to the Marquis De Sade.

Censorship, plain and simple. Personal opinion is one thing. Slandering someones work is another. Judicial prosicution by the State is even worse. People will slant things as they see fit to get thier point accross even in such small matters as critical story analysis.

I take it by your original post that you have recieved less than stellar story reviews and or other feedback on the content?

[littlepet]

Hey Seri (is it alright if I call you that?)

I personally find the Gor novels misogynistic as well. The ideas whether intentional or not which are repetitively hammered home is that somehow "all" women have some deep seated need to be slaves to men.

I also don't appreciate the assumptions that a slave is somehow now "public property" in the sense that she must act as if someone else's master has any level of authority or dominance over her. I think these books take something that can be beautiful when expressed between two individual people, and turn it into something ugly that I would want no part of if that was all there was.

Jon Jacobs and Polly Peachum have been pretty outspoken against the Gor novels and they live (I THINK they still do) in an absolute power exchange relationship in which she is the owned party.

I can respect people's right to follow a "Gorean Lifestyle" but I don't find the books particularly deep or beautiful. But that's me. I also can recognize that the Gorean Lifestyle may not be an exact replica of the books. But the books themselves weren't appealing to me.

[Razor7826]

I take it by your original post that you have recieved less than stellar story reviews and or other feedback on the content?[/COLOR][/B]

Actually, no, I've received generally good reviews and feedback for my work. However, reading through threads on this forum and and reviews on other literature sites (like the Literotica comments for NC stories), I began to wonder if my stories are particularly fucked up.

When I started writing BDSM stories less than two years ago, I thought my type of content was par for the course, but... now I'm not so sure. I was rereading this thread and began wondering if my emphasis on depressing/hopeless endings made people, even within this community, think I was a bit crazy or 'fucked up'. Most stories on the site either end with the 'victim' or submissive liking it in the end, or-- if it is a bad ending-- don't focus nearly as much on the emotional pain and horror of realizing that the protagonist is going to spend the rest of their life as a slave.

There's something captivating about emotional intensity, and utter hopelessness seems like a reliable way to elicit that type of response.