I was puzzling over this today - most writers in my erotica groups are female. Here at Lush I know there's a larger number of males who author. However, erotica (as a published genre) it's still mostly dominated by female authors.
And so when I discuss sex-and-writing related topics mostly women respond.
There are a few standard responses that other female erotica authors give to certain questions or subjects *on behalf of men* and I wonder if these concepts are stereotypes as opposed to truths.
IE:
Do older men who read erotica really want all of the women in erotica to be younger than they are? (the going stereotype seems to be: yes, of course. I have a hard time believing that's true).
How true to life does one want sex scenes? (Not being able to get off? Men being portrayed as the one in control?) (A few authors seem to default that all men have to get off in every sex scene - and men prefer to be in control).
So on - so forth.
Overall: I wonder if men being stereotypically portrayed as characters in erotica keeps men from wanting to read much of what's published.
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