Fantasies

Back when I was in San Diego working on my master’s thesis, I studied “the languages of lesbian sex.” What this meant in practical terms was that I read multiple texts marketed as “lesbian” and “gay” erotica anthologies tracking the words used to describe sexual actions.

What I found was that regardless of the authors’ sex and gender, “lesbian” erotic texts overwhelmingly lacked the level of explicit and detailed descriptions when compared to “gay” erotic texts. And that’s not all they lacked-—most texts culminated in little more than kisses!

Granted, kisses can be very sexy and erotic, and there is much more to “sex” than any one or two acts, but it always bothered me that in texts explicitly marketed as erotica I could seldom find descriptions of any variety of sex acts! What I did find, however, was that the “lesbian” erotic texts I surveyed had an overabundance of metaphors featuring fruit to describe various parts of the female anatomy.

Thank goodness that there are writers out there that see the value of explicit and detailed fantasies—how can we do it if we can’t dream it?

Thank goodness, too, for gay male porn!