#EroticMusings Week 44 Is your erotica shaped by personal politics/culture?

There's an interesting debate in the #hypnokink world about politics and how many (but not all) of us are drawn to the 'evil' hypnotist trope and how, in the context of fantasy, we enjoy it when the villain wins.

As a result, it can be oddly titillating when our villains are political opposites of us and most of the hypno people I know do swing politically left.

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Feminism. Ethics. I'm anti-patriarchy, which is the use of oppression of women to enslave half the population in order to steal their property and rights. Morals are not ethics. Morals masquerade as ethics, but are arbitrary rules created to keep those in power in power and the rest of us unquestioningly loyal or enslaved, and to create new generations of unquestioning loyal and enslaved. Gender roles mandate conformity; they validate bullying and hate to enforce that conformity. I'm of the opinion that humans are programmed by evolution to want to reproduce, and if they want to do so, especially with the technology to deal with the downsides of disease and unwanted pregnancy, nothing should stand in the way of choice with consent. Technology means humans can be more than brutish animals; society needs to stop reducing us to brutish animals in the name of something arbitrarily "natural" or self-servingly moral. Attraction and preference is something every person discovers for themself. Others to fighting someone else' choice and preferences is at best bullying. Technology again obviates downsides, as above, so long as there is consent. Sexual shame is a terrorist tool.

As you may guess, what's spicy in my stories is influenced by my views as expressed above. I celebrate humans being human. Doesn't mean my characters are perfect, but their imperfection is a different kind of stupid.

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My bread and butter hashtag writer challenge games? You all probably know #PennedPossibilities, #ScribesAndMakers, #WordWeavers, and #WritersCoffeeClub. All amazingly helpful as a writer, and participants share truly useful ideas. Recently, I've added #EroticMusings, which since the current WIP includes spicy content (not specifically erotica), I figure I qualify for joining and replying to it. It has helped me resolve some issues. If nothing else, it's a new community.

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#EroticMusings 44: Is there an aspect of culture or political stance that shapes most or all of your erotica?

I 'm sure my own leftiness leaks through in my writing and I'm fine with that, even though I'm not pushing it.

What I do try to push is that fetish isn't synonymous with nasty. I try to bring loving and fun kink into my work.

I also don't tell straight stories. Nothing against them. I love straight erotica. But if I'm going to add something to the world, it's going to be queer.

#eroticMusings Week 44 (March 29-April 4) Culture: Is there an aspect of culture or political stance that shapes most or all of your erotica?

Inclusiveness, equality, tolerance.

But I have to include the negatives of those to highlight it, and that's easy writing in a Victorian/Edwardian alternative universe.

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#EroticMusings 44: Is there an aspect of culture or political stance that shapes most or all of your erotica?

My lawyer has advised me to to answer this question.