tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442913746123333079.post7225198108737269938..comments2024-03-27T06:35:34.043-07:00Comments on Book Goggles: Content Warning: Not for all readers (The semi-erotica rant)Book Geek (AKA ChibiNeko)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05640437433244527169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442913746123333079.post-81152595277979695362015-01-14T15:09:14.472-08:002015-01-14T15:09:14.472-08:00I'm with you. I detest childish names for body...I'm with you. I detest childish names for body parts and it pulls me right out of the story. I don't want "turgid man flesh" and I sure as hell don't want "down there" for girls. Sophie St. Clairehttp://darkestfantasyinc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442913746123333079.post-49736414649625370192012-06-24T18:27:01.432-07:002012-06-24T18:27:01.432-07:00True- that's a good point. What frustrates me ...True- that's a good point. What frustrates me though is that you get the authors who try to state that their sex scenes are so hot and sizzling, but then shy away from better descriptions of the sex. I know that not every author wants to write a sex scene of Zane proportions, but some of it's kind of vague.Book Geek (AKA ChibiNeko)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05640437433244527169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442913746123333079.post-56058829973076043792012-06-24T11:12:23.970-07:002012-06-24T11:12:23.970-07:00Part of the problem might be that most of the slan...Part of the problem might be that most of the slang words for vagina are not really the type of words that fit into many sex scenes - pussy, c*nt, box etc. I'd personally be more jarred by someone saying pussy in a sex scene than I would by down below, and I'm not prude (I swear!). I also agree that a lot of the slang words are either too technical or too crude and I can see some authors wanting to give the scene a more 'high brow' feel (and less out and out erotica) by avoiding certain terms.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529394025306063243noreply@blogger.com