my moral standing is lying down

Acadia was reading hilarious badfic one-liners to me last night and though I don't remember the line, it started a semi-serious conversation about screaming orgasms. I don't know about you, but screaming orgasms aren't a regular thing, in my experience. Shouting? Much more likely. Keening? Hell yeah. Screaming? Not so much.

Unless we're talking about edging. In which case, SO HOT OMFG. Also, makes sense, right? Thus appropriate.

Okay, so I don't want to dictate what words people can and can't use to describe fictional orgasms, but the use of "screaming" seems to have really lost its meaning.

Does the (over-)use of screaming to describe an orgasm throw you out of a story as much as it does me? Why do you think people use that particular word? Is it because of the unrealistic depiction of sex in the majority of porn? Any other thoughts? I'm curious now.

Rape Culture 101

I normally don't post this kind of downer, but I'm affected by it and I want to. Please feel free to skip by.

( WARNING: ARTICLE (above) & EXERPT (below) ARE TRIGGERY! )

I'm myself guilty of being brought up in, participating in, perpetuating rape culture -- it's hard not to. In some ways, I don't think I can stop, IDK, but I try.

PLEASE BE MORE AWARE, AND LESS DISMISSIVE.